[julia-users] @test_throws question

[Gregor R.]

Is this meant to be or a bug?

julia> const c = "hello";

julia> using Base.Test

julia> c = 1
ERROR: invalid redefinition of constant c

julia> try
         c = 1
       catch err
         println(err)
       end
ErrorException("invalid redefinition of constant c")

julia> try c = 1; catch err; typeof(err); end
ErrorException

julia> @test_throws ErrorException c = 1
ERROR: test failed: c = 1 did not throw ErrorException
 in expression: c = 1
 in error at error.jl:19
 in default_handler at test.jl:27

The @test_throws macro does not recognize that the following expression 
(redefinition of c) throws an ErrorException.