Better failure diagnostics for error paths in replutil tests

JuliaLang · Jul 12, 2017 · c437fc4 · c437fc4
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commit c437fc4
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/test/replutil.jl b/test/replutil.jl
@@ -182,13 +182,14 @@ macro except_str(expr, err_type)
 end
 
 macro except_strbt(expr, err_type)
+    errmsg = "expected failure, but no exception thrown for $expr"
     return quote
         let err = nothing
             try
                 $(esc(expr))
             catch err
             end
-            err === nothing && error("expected failure, but no exception thrown")
+            err === nothing && error($errmsg)
             @test typeof(err) === $(esc(err_type))
             buf = IOBuffer()
             showerror(buf, err, catch_backtrace())