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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"assert: inconsistency in assert.doesNotThrow","articleBody":"https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/6470 is an old PR that never landed but points to a valid issue.\n\nThe test case:\n\n``` javascript\nvar assert = require('assert');\nassert.doesNotThrow(function() {\n  throw new Error();\n});\n```\n\nPrints the error stack but does not output an AssertionError.\n\nHowever,\n\n``` javascript\nvar assert = require('assert');\nassert.doesNotThrow(function() {\n  throw new Error();\n}, Error);\n```\n\nRaises an Assertion Error (`AssertionError: Got unwanted exception (Error)..`\n\n``` javascript\nvar assert = require('assert');\nassert.doesNotThrow(function() {\n  throw 'custom message';\n});\n```\n\nAnd \n\n``` javascript\nvar assert = require('assert');\nassert.doesNotThrow(function() {\n  throw 'custom message';\n}, 'custom message');\n```\n\nBoth just output `custom message` without raising the Assertion Error.\n\nThe solution submitted in https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/6470 should be investigated as a possible fix but possibly needs to be revisited.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jasnell","@type":"Person","name":"jasnell"},"datePublished":"2015-08-15T16:24:22.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/2385/node/issues/2385"}