From 489888244886c2d5d60dcf005acbcfa6f2b5234d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Bagge Carlson <baggepinnen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 13:31:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add compat to `@test_throws` (#45893)

closes #45892

(cherry picked from commit 59ff2e5a4da772216449df825fd0111dc2d3f643)
---
 stdlib/Test/src/Test.jl | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/stdlib/Test/src/Test.jl b/stdlib/Test/src/Test.jl
index b9be89826cd20..6c642659462b6 100644
--- a/stdlib/Test/src/Test.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Test/src/Test.jl
@@ -680,6 +680,9 @@ a matching function,
 or a value (which will be tested for equality by comparing fields).
 Note that `@test_throws` does not support a trailing keyword form.
 
+!!! compat "Julia 1.8"
+    The ability to specify anything other than a type or a value as `exception` requires Julia v1.8 or later.
+
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
 julia> @test_throws BoundsError [1, 2, 3][4]