Use shouldThrow helper for test asserts

spec/basic.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*global CompilerContext, Handlebars, beforeEach, shouldCompileTo */
 global.handlebarsEnv = null;
 
 beforeEach(function() {
@@ -160,9 +161,9 @@ describe("basic context", function() {
 
   it("this keyword nested inside path", function() {
     var string = "{{#hellos}}{{text/this/foo}}{{/hellos}}";
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(string);
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 
   it("this keyword in helpers", function() {
@@ -181,8 +182,8 @@ describe("basic context", function() {
 
   it("this keyword nested inside helpers param", function() {
     var string = "{{#hellos}}{{foo text/this/foo}}{{/hellos}}";
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(string);
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 });

spec/blocks.js

@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ describe('blocks', function() {
   it("block with complex lookup using nested context", function() {
     var string = "{{#goodbyes}}{{text}} cruel {{foo/../name}}! {{/goodbyes}}";
 
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(string);
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 
   it("block with deep nested complex lookup", function() {

spec/data.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*global CompilerContext */
+/*global CompilerContext, Handlebars, handlebarsEnv, shouldThrow */
 describe('data', function() {
   it("passing in data to a compiled function that expects data - works with helpers", function() {
     var template = CompilerContext.compile("{{hello}}", {data: true});
@@ -88,25 +88,25 @@ describe('data', function() {
   it("parameter data throws when using this scope references", function() {
     var string = "{{#goodbyes}}{{text}} cruel {{@./name}}! {{/goodbyes}}";
 
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(string);
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 
   it("parameter data throws when using parent scope references", function() {
     var string = "{{#goodbyes}}{{text}} cruel {{@../name}}! {{/goodbyes}}";
 
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(string);
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 
   it("parameter data throws when using complex scope references", function() {
     var string = "{{#goodbyes}}{{text}} cruel {{@foo/../name}}! {{/goodbyes}}";
 
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(string);
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 
   it("data is inherited downstream", function() {

spec/env/common.js

@@ -26,3 +26,21 @@ global.compileWithPartials = function(string, hashOrArray, partials) {
 global.equals = global.equal = function(a, b, msg) {
   a.should.equal(b, msg || '');
 };
+
+global.shouldThrow = function(callback, type, msg) {
+  var failed;
+  try {
+    callback();
+    failed = true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (type && !(err instanceof type)) {
+      throw new Error('Type failure');
+    }
+    if (msg && !(msg.test ? msg.test(err.message) : msg === err.message)) {
+      throw new Error('Message failure');
+    }
+  }
+  if (failed) {
+    throw new Error('It failed to throw');
+  }
+};

spec/helpers.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*global CompilerContext, shouldCompileTo, shouldCompileToWithPartials */
+/*global CompilerContext, Handlebars, shouldCompileTo, shouldCompileToWithPartials, shouldThrow, handlebarsEnv */
 describe('helpers', function() {
   it("helper with complex lookup$", function() {
     var string = "{{#goodbyes}}{{{link ../prefix}}}{{/goodbyes}}";
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ describe('helpers', function() {
     });
 
     it("using a quote in the middle of a parameter raises an error", function() {
-      (function() {
       var string   = 'Message: {{hello wo"rld"}}';
+      shouldThrow(function() {
         CompilerContext.compile(string);
-      }).should.throw(Error);
+      }, Error);
     });
 
     it("escaping a String is possible", function(){
@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ describe('helpers', function() {
 
   describe("helperMissing", function() {
     it("if a context is not found, helperMissing is used", function() {
-      (function() {
+      shouldThrow(function() {
           var template = CompilerContext.compile("{{hello}} {{link_to world}}");
           template({});
-      }).should.throw(/Missing helper: 'link_to'/);
+      }, undefined, /Missing helper: 'link_to'/);
     });
 
     it("if a context is not found, custom helperMissing is used", function() {
@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ describe('helpers', function() {
       equal(result, "bar", "'bar' should === '" + result);
     });
     it("Unknown helper call in knownHelpers only mode should throw", function() {
-      (function() {
+      shouldThrow(function() {
         CompilerContext.compile("{{typeof hello}}", {knownHelpersOnly: true});
-      }).should.throw(Error);
+      }, Error);
     });
   });
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ describe('helpers', function() {
 
         cruel: function(world) {
           return "cruel " + world.toUpperCase();
-        },
+        }
       };
 
       var context = {
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ describe('helpers', function() {
 
         cruel: function(world) {
           return "cruel " + world.toUpperCase();
-        },
+        }
       };
 
       var context = {

spec/partials.js

@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ describe('partials', function() {
   });
 
   it("rendering undefined partial throws an exception", function() {
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
         var template = CompilerContext.compile("{{> whatever}}");
         template();
-    }).should.throw(Handlebars.Exception, 'The partial whatever could not be found');
+    }, Handlebars.Exception, 'The partial whatever could not be found');
   });
 
   it("rendering template partial in vm mode throws an exception", function() {
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       var template = CompilerContext.compile("{{> whatever}}");
       template();
-    }).should.throw(Handlebars.Exception, 'The partial whatever could not be found');
+    }, Handlebars.Exception, 'The partial whatever could not be found');
   });
 
   it("rendering function partial in vm mode", function() {

spec/regressions.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*global CompilerContext, shouldCompileTo */
+/*global CompilerContext, Handlebars, shouldCompileTo, shouldThrow */
 describe('Regressions', function() {
   it("GH-94: Cannot read property of undefined", function() {
     var data = {"books":[{"title":"The origin of species","author":{"name":"Charles Darwin"}},{"title":"Lazarillo de Tormes"}]};
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ describe('Regressions', function() {
   });
 
   it('GH-437: Matching escaping', function() {
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile('{{{a}}');
-    }).should.throw(Error);
-    (function() {
+    }, Error);
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile('{{a}}}');
-    }).should.throw(Error);
+    }, Error);
   });
 
   it("Mustache man page", function() {
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ describe('Regressions', function() {
   });
 
   it("Passing falsy values to Handlebars.compile throws an error", function() {
-    (function() {
+    shouldThrow(function() {
       CompilerContext.compile(null);
-    }).should.throw("You must pass a string or Handlebars AST to Handlebars.precompile. You passed null");
+    }, Error, 'You must pass a string or Handlebars AST to Handlebars.precompile. You passed null');
   });
 
   if (Handlebars.AST) {