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 test() { return /Hello/cocoa; } noInline(test); for (var i = 0; i < 1e4; ++i) shouldThrow(test, `SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: invalid flags`);