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-rw-r--r--test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua17
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua b/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
index 39db831fe3..a92acd36b1 100644
--- a/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/api/vim_spec.lua
@@ -951,9 +951,20 @@ describe('api', function()
end
end)
if not err then
- msg = format_string('Error while processing test (%r, %s):\n%s',
- str, FLAGS_TO_STR[flags], msg)
- error(msg)
+ if type(msg) == 'table' then
+ local merr, new_msg = pcall(
+ format_string, 'table error:\n%s\n\n(%r)', msg.message, msg)
+ if merr then
+ msg = new_msg
+ else
+ msg = format_string('table error without .message:\n(%r)',
+ msg)
+ end
+ elseif type(msg) ~= 'string' then
+ msg = format_string('non-string non-table error:\n%r', msg)
+ end
+ error(format_string('Error while processing test (%r, %s):\n%s',
+ str, FLAGS_TO_STR[flags], msg))
end
end
end