errors: use lazy assert to avoid issues on startup

Use of assert must be lazy to allow errors to be used early
before the process is completely set up

lib/internal/errors.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // value statically and permanently identifies the error. While the error
 // message may change, the code should not.
 
-const assert = require('assert');
 const kCode = Symbol('code');
 const messages = new Map();
 
@@ -17,6 +16,13 @@ function lazyUtil() {
   return util;
 }
 
+var assert;
+function lazyAssert() {
+  if (!assert)
+    assert = require('assert');
+  return assert;
+}
+
 function makeNodeError(Base) {
   return class NodeError extends Base {
     constructor(key, ...args) {
@@ -36,6 +42,7 @@ function makeNodeError(Base) {
 }
 
 function message(key, args) {
+  const assert = lazyAssert();
   assert.strictEqual(typeof key, 'string');
   const util = lazyUtil();
   const msg = messages.get(key);
@@ -54,7 +61,6 @@ function message(key, args) {
 // Utility function for registering the error codes. Only used here. Exported
 // *only* to allow for testing.
 function E(sym, val) {
-  assert(messages.has(sym) === false, `Error symbol: ${sym} was already used.`);
   messages.set(sym, typeof val === 'function' ? val : String(val));
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ E('ERR_UNKNOWN_BUILTIN_MODULE', (id) => `No such built-in module: ${id}`);
 // Add new errors from here...
 
 function invalidArgType(name, expected, actual) {
+  const assert = lazyAssert();
   assert(name, 'name is required');
   var msg = `The "${name}" argument must be ${oneOf(expected, 'type')}`;
   if (arguments.length >= 3) {

test/parallel/test-internal-errors.js

@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ assert.throws(() => {
                            message: /^Error for testing 2/ }));
 }, /AssertionError: .+ does not match \S/);
 
-assert.doesNotThrow(() => errors.E('TEST_ERROR_USED_SYMBOL'));
-assert.throws(
-  () => errors.E('TEST_ERROR_USED_SYMBOL'),
-  /^AssertionError: Error symbol: TEST_ERROR_USED_SYMBOL was already used\.$/
-);
-
 // // Test ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
 assert.strictEqual(errors.message('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', ['a', 'b']),
                    'The "a" argument must be of type b');