JSONRPCError cannot be caught with instanceof

[layday]

The following will not work:

try {
  const foo = await someRpcMethodWhichThrows();
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof JSONRPCError) {
      // no cigar
   }
}

Apparently extend doesn't really extend errors when transpiling to ES5 (like you are doing) and to subclass an error that can be 'caught' with instanceof you have to restore its prototype chain by adding Object.setPrototypeOf(this, new.target.prototype) somewhere in the constructor. Please refer to https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-wiki/blob/master/Breaking-Changes.md#extending-built-ins-like-error-array-and-map-may-no-longer-work and https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-2.html#support-for-newtarget.

[openrpc-bastion]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 1.6.2 🎉

The release is available on:

• GitHub release
• 1.6.2
• npm package (@latest dist-tag)

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