Revert "assert,util: revert recursive breaking change"

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This reverts commit 575784b.

This was an intentional commit at that time to make a bigger PR not breaking. This should in the real world never have a negative impact, since the algorithm somewhat works more correct with this change and it would very likely have resulted in a difference in user code, if this case really exists.

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 90.22%. Comparing base (a4f556f) to head (7647603).
Report is 32 commits behind head on main.

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- Hits       167064   166969      -95     
- Misses      11045    11048       +3     
- Partials     7020     7041      +21     

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
lib/internal/util/comparisons.js	99.63% <100.00%> (+<0.01%)	⬆️

... and 20 files with indirect coverage changes

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