test: make test-console-count engine agnostic

Trott · evanlucas · commit 025eadfcd522 · 2017-11-13T07:59:51.000-06:00
Do not check the error message if it is generated by the JavaScript engine (V8, ChakraCore, etc.). Do confirm that it is a `TypeError`. PR-URL: #16272 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Yuta Hiroto <hello@about-hiroppy.com> Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-count.js b/test/parallel/test-console-count.js
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ assert.strictEqual(buf, 'default: 2\n');
 
 process.stdout.write = stdoutWrite;
 
-// Symbol labels do not work
+// Symbol labels do not work. Only check that the `Error` is a `TypeError`. Do
+// not check the message because it is different depending on the JavaScript
+// engine.
 assert.throws(
   () => console.count(Symbol('test')),
-  /^TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string$/);
+  TypeError);
 assert.throws(
   () => console.countReset(Symbol('test')),
-  /^TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string$/);
+  TypeError);
