Since Lex and I are push/pull'ing you on the flag name, I'd leave it the
way you have it unless a consensus otherwise emerges. But the
when-to-enable flag is wrong, and I think you've moved from a
too-expansive to a too-restricted spec!
http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/47802/diff/2003/2009
I haven't looked at the code yet, but would be happy to do so if
Freeland's review is not enough.
I just want to say that I would vote for the -da flag to be longer and
more obscure, because the use case is important but not common. Perhaps
-XdisableAssertions?
