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Comparing version 1.5.1 to 1.6.0

lib/verror.js

@@ -39,4 +39,16 @@ /*
 {
-	var args, causedBy, ctor, tailmsg;
+	var args, obj, causedBy, ctor, tailmsg;
 
+	/*
+	 * This is a regrettable pattern, but JavaScript's built-in Error class
+	 * is defined to work this way, so we allow the constructor to be called
+	 * without "new".
+	 */
+	if (!(this instanceof VError)) {
+		args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
+		obj = Object.create(VError.prototype);
+		VError.apply(obj, arguments);
+		return (obj);
+	}
+
 	if (options instanceof Error || typeof (options) === 'object') {
@@ -105,2 +117,4 @@ args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
 	}
+
+	return (this);
 }
@@ -107,0 +121,0 @@

package.json

 {
 	"name": "verror",
-	"version": "1.5.1",
+	"version": "1.6.0",
 	"description": "richer JavaScript errors",
@@ -5,0 +5,0 @@ "main": "./lib/verror.js",

tests/tst.verror.js

@@ -163,1 +163,8 @@ /*
 mod_assert.equal('my undefined string', err.message);
+
+/* invoked without "new" */
+err = VError('my %s string', 'testing!');
+mod_assert.equal(err.name, 'VError');
+mod_assert.ok(err instanceof VError);
+mod_assert.ok(err instanceof Error);
+mod_assert.equal(err.message, 'my testing! string');

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