test: make test-console engine agnostic

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: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/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>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console.js b/test/parallel/test-console.js
index cc1d3fb834..b3d3dedb72 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console.js
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
   console.timeEnd('label');
 });
 
+// Check that the `Error` is a `TypeError` but do not check the message as it
+// will be different in different JavaScript engines.
 assert.throws(() => console.time(Symbol('test')),
-              /^TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string$/);
+              TypeError);
 assert.throws(() => console.timeEnd(Symbol('test')),
-              /^TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string$/);
+              TypeError);
 
 
 // an Object with a custom .inspect() function