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Did I get it right - that if you do not subclass and use new Error(...) directly, then the file name and line is being reported properly? And you basically say that on practice (real and not just of sexy or decorative kinda) subclassing Errors, has no sense?
– jayarjo
Commented Jul 9, 2011 at 10:18
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This answer is some what confusing as Crescent Fresh's has been deleted!
– Peter
Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 11:42
is this still the case? developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/… Line number is 2 not where new was called
– Muhammad Umer
Commented Jun 23, 2019 at 15:07

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