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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lib/internal/assert.js
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Expand Up @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
} = options;

if (message != null) {
super(message);
super(String(message));
} else {
if (process.stdout.isTTY) {
// Reset on each call to make sure we handle dynamically set environment
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions test/parallel/test-assert.js
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Expand Up @@ -640,6 +640,16 @@ common.expectsError(
}
);

common.expectsError(
() => assert(false, Symbol('foo')),
{
code: 'ERR_ASSERTION',
type: assert.AssertionError,
generatedMessage: false,
message: 'Symbol(foo)'
}
);

{
// Test caching.
const fs = process.binding('fs');
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