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)}`); } noInline(shouldThrow); function foo() { bar = 4; } Object.preventExtensions(this); foo(); $.evalScript('const bar = 3;'); shouldThrow(() => foo(), `TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly property.`);