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diff --git a/tests/run/tfailedassert.nim b/tests/run/tfailedassert.nim
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+discard """
+  output: '''
+WARNING: false first asseertion from bar
+ERROR: false second assertion from bar
+-1
+tests/run/tfailedassert.nim:27 false assertion from foo
+'''
+"""
+
+type
+  TLineInfo = tuple[filename: string, line: int]
+
+  TMyError = object of E_Base
+    lineinfo: TLineInfo
+
+  EMyError = ref TMyError
+
+# module-wide policy to change the failed assert
+# exception type in order to include a lineinfo
+onFailedAssert(msg):
+  var e = new(TMyError)
+  e.msg = msg
+  e.lineinfo = instantiationInfo(-2)
+  raise e
+
+proc foo =
+  assert(false, "assertion from foo")
+
+proc bar: int =
+  # local overrides that are active only
+  # in this proc
+  onFailedAssert(msg): echo "WARNING: " & msg
+    
+  assert(false, "first asseertion from bar")
+
+  onFailedAssert(msg):
+    echo "ERROR: " & msg
+    return -1
+
+  assert(false, "second assertion from bar")
+  return 10
+
+echo("")
+echo(bar())
+
+try:
+  foo()
+except:
+  let e = EMyError(getCurrentException())
+  echo e.lineinfo.filename, ":", e.lineinfo.line, " ", e.msg
+