`(nth-value 1
(ignore-errors ,@body)))
-(defmacro raises-error? (&body body)
- `(typep (nth-value 1 (ignore-errors ,@body)) 'error))
+(defmacro raises-error? (form &optional (error-subtype-spec 'error))
+ `(typep (nth-value 1 (ignore-errors ,form)) ',error-subtype-spec))
;;; EXPR is an expression to evaluate (both with EVAL and with
;;; COMPILE/FUNCALL). EXTRA-OPTIMIZATIONS is a list of lists of
;;; LAMBDA. EXPECTED-EQL, EXPECTED-EQUAL, and EXPECTED-EQUALP are
;;; shorthand for special cases of EXPECTED-LAMBDA.
;;;
-;;; Use EXPECTED-ERROR to require an error to be thrown. Use
-;;; EXPECTED-ERROR-LAMBDA to require that an error be thrown and
+;;; Use EXPECTED-ERROR to require an error to be signalled. Use
+;;; EXPECTED-ERROR-LAMBDA to require that an error be signalled and
;;; that further it satisfies the given lambda.
(defmacro assertoid (expr
&key