From 255e5dfee9178a2afdfcd9ce68d812e55beed3ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=CC=88rn=20Zaefferer?= <joern.zaefferer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 16:11:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Assert: Add alias for throws called 'raises'

Brings back the original method name, for compatibility with environments
that consider 'throws' a reserved word.

Fixes #663
---
 src/assert.js  | 7 +++++++
 test/assert.js | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/assert.js b/src/assert.js
index 733fa0d61..6f9da0abb 100644
--- a/src/assert.js
+++ b/src/assert.js
@@ -197,3 +197,10 @@ QUnit.assert = Assert.prototype = {
 		}
 	}
 };
+
+// Provide an alternative to assert.throws(), for enviroments that consider throws a reserved word
+// Known to us are: Closure Compiler, Narwhal
+(function() {
+	/*jshint sub:true */
+	Assert.prototype.raises = Assert.prototype[ "throws" ];
+}());
diff --git a/test/assert.js b/test/assert.js
index 8d379c931..1c89d5a91 100644
--- a/test/assert.js
+++ b/test/assert.js
@@ -230,3 +230,10 @@ QUnit.test( "throws", function( assert ) {
 		"handle string typed thrown errors"
 	);
 });
+
+QUnit.test( "raises, alias for throws", function( assert ) {
+	assert.expect( 1 );
+	assert.raises(function() {
+		throw "my error";
+	});
+});