Index: tests/shells.test
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diff -u -r0956bd063e7aaa155b4dccad0997b381ddd5ec15 -r31727ed145eba8f7d81bc93fc0a9ee47c6096b7c
--- tests/shells.test	(.../shells.test)	(revision 0956bd063e7aaa155b4dccad0997b381ddd5ec15)
+++ tests/shells.test	(.../shells.test)	(revision 31727ed145eba8f7d81bc93fc0a9ee47c6096b7c)
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
   unset ::res; unset ::opts
   ? [list exec $nxsh -c << "exit 0"] ""
   ? [list exec $nxsh -c << "exit 1"] "child process exited abnormally"
+  ? [list exec $nxsh -c << "catch {exit 1}"] "child process exited abnormally"
+  ? [list exec $nxsh -c << "catch {nx::Object eval {exit 1}}"] "child process exited abnormally"
 
   ## avoid pollution of global namespace
   ## set tclsh [info nameofexecutable]