function testSyntax(script) { try { eval(script); } catch (error) { if (error instanceof SyntaxError) throw new Error("Bad error: " + String(error)); } } function testSyntaxError(script, message) { var error = null; try { eval(script); } catch (e) { error = e; } if (!error) throw new Error("Expected syntax error not thrown"); if (String(error) !== message) throw new Error("Bad error: " + String(error)); } testSyntax(` function * gen() { yield 20; } `); testSyntaxError(` function * gen() { yield *20; } `, "SyntaxError: Unexpected token '*'");