From 027a23f46829eff9754a004b1b87e8c5dd52d95c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@netways.de>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:42:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Overwriting global type variables causes crash in
 ConfigItem::Commit()

fixes #11484
---
 lib/config/configitem.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/config/configitem.cpp b/lib/config/configitem.cpp
index 44f65b19b..03ff2596a 100644
--- a/lib/config/configitem.cpp
+++ b/lib/config/configitem.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ ConfigObject::Ptr ConfigItem::Commit(bool discard)
 
 	/* Make sure the type is valid. */
 	Type::Ptr type = Type::GetByName(GetType());
-	ASSERT(type && ConfigObject::TypeInstance->IsAssignableFrom(type));
+	if (!type || !ConfigObject::TypeInstance->IsAssignableFrom(type))
+		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ScriptError("Type '" + GetType() + "' does not exist.", m_DebugInfo));
 
 	if (IsAbstract())
 		return ConfigObject::Ptr();