function shouldBe(actual, expected) { if (actual !== expected) throw new Error('bad value: ' + actual); } 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() { yield new.target; } var g = gen(); shouldBe(g.next().value, undefined); shouldThrow(() => { var g2 = new gen(); }, `TypeError: function is not a constructor (evaluating 'new gen()')`);