From 4716dc662d8d24d4d454dd4459ff724588e98eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: isaacs <i@izs.me>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:43:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] assert: Simplify AssertError creation

---
 lib/assert.js | 24 ++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index a2afdcf..078efe3 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -38,16 +38,14 @@ var assert = module.exports = ok;
 //                             expected: expected })
 
 assert.AssertionError = function AssertionError(options) {
-  this.name = 'AssertionError';
   this.message = options.message;
   this.actual = options.actual;
   this.expected = options.expected;
   this.operator = options.operator;
   var stackStartFunction = options.stackStartFunction || fail;
 
-  if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
-    Error.captureStackTrace(this, stackStartFunction);
-  }
+  this.name = getName(this, options.message);
+  Error.captureStackTrace(this, stackStartFunction);
 };
 
 // assert.AssertionError instanceof Error
@@ -74,18 +72,16 @@ function truncate(s, n) {
   }
 }
 
-assert.AssertionError.prototype.toString = function() {
-  if (this.message) {
-    return [this.name + ':', this.message].join(' ');
+function getName(self, message) {
+  if (message) {
+    return 'AssertionError: ' + message;
   } else {
-    return [
-      this.name + ':',
-      truncate(JSON.stringify(this.actual, replacer), 128),
-      this.operator,
-      truncate(JSON.stringify(this.expected, replacer), 128)
-    ].join(' ');
+    return 'AssertionError: ' +
+           truncate(JSON.stringify(self.actual, replacer), 128) + ' ' +
+           self.operator + ' ' +
+           truncate(JSON.stringify(self.expected, replacer), 128);
   }
-};
+}
 
 // At present only the three keys mentioned above are used and
 // understood by the spec. Implementations or sub modules can pass
-- 
2.7.4