v5.0.0

• Remove dependence on assert native module for validation, and use simple error instead (Thanks @eliandoran)

  Because this changes the error class from AssertionError to Error which might break downstream code,
  this is being tagged as semver-major.

New Contributors

• @eliandoran made their first contribution in #298

Full Changelog: v4.1.1...v5.0.0