From ee3715ee56744ccc8aeb22a921f442e98090b3c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:25:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve assertion handling when comparison causes failure via
 coercion

---
 harness/assert.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/harness/assert.js b/harness/assert.js
index 58e98e37b7..aee3b871df 100644
--- a/harness/assert.js
+++ b/harness/assert.js
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ assert._isSameValue = function (a, b) {
 };
 
 assert.sameValue = function (actual, expected, message) {
-  if (assert._isSameValue(actual, expected)) {
+  try {
+    if (assert._isSameValue(actual, expected)) {
+      return;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    $ERROR(message + ' (_isSameValue operation threw) ' + error);
     return;
   }