function shouldThrow(func, errorMessage) { var errorThrown = false; var error = null; try { func(); } catch (e) { errorThrown = true; error = e; } if (!errorThrown) throw new Error('not thrown'); if (String(error) !== errorMessage) throw new Error(`bad error: ${String(error)}`); } function *gen() { } var g = gen(); shouldThrow(() => { g.next.call({}); }, `TypeError: |this| should be a generator`); shouldThrow(() => { g.throw.call({}); }, `TypeError: |this| should be a generator`); shouldThrow(() => { g.return.call({}); }, `TypeError: |this| should be a generator`);