assert problem

Previously I emailed a question regarding assertion problem at
wackamole.c:702

I bypassed this with the following code:

/*assert(ret == My.num_allocated);*/
  
if (ret != My.num_allocated)
{
        Claim_unclaimed();
      return;
}

It was really a wild guess, so please let me know if you think it is
harmful, or if there is a better way to do that.

Yuval Lifshitz