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how to throw an error from `JSClosure`?

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, swift, wasm
Domain
api, web-dev

Research direction

Start by tracing the JSClosure and JSError entry points in JavaScriptKit to understand how closures are exposed to JavaScript and how errors are represented. Determine whether throwing a JSError from a called closure is supported, and identify or add coverage demonstrating the expected behavior.

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Description

i would like to be able to create a JSClosure that can throw a JSError when called from JavaScript. is this possible?

Dominant language
Swift
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
4

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