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$AssertFunction

$AssertFunction
specifies a function to apply to assertions that fail.

$AssertFunction is applied to Assert when test is evaluated and found not to be True.

You can change the behavior when an assertion fails by assigning to $AssertFunction. This function throws an exception when an assertion fails:

Here the exception thrown by the assertion function is caught:

You can change the behavior when an assertion fails by assigning to $AssertFunction. This function throws an exception when an assertion fails:

Here the exception thrown by the assertion function is caught:

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