1912 Use assert to optimize production path check

[stmcgovern]

Closes #1912.

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Codecov Report

Merging #1927 (f47c15a) into develop (204c403) will increase coverage by 0.00%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

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  Files          761      761           
  Lines        26869    26868    -1     
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  Hits         22678    22678           
+ Misses        4191     4190    -1     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
src/vt/messaging/envelope/envelope_ref.impl.h	100.00% <100.00%> (+14.28%)	⬆️

[PhilMiller]

I'll let CI finish rerunning before I fix the signature on the rebase, so that the caches can stay hot