# Functional Programming in Java, Second Edition: p. 117, Nitpicking "verbose test"

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> [@dtonhofer](#):
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> `VerboseExceptionTest`

Thank you, David. Good catch on the method name. Fixed it.

The assertTrue is to avoid empty catch block or a comment to say that it is intended.

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