assert: remove internal errorCache property

The internal assert module exposed an errorCache property solely for
testing. It is no longer necessary. Remove it.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23304
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 69618862f21..4dbe3b2eca3 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ const { codes: {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
   ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE
 } } = require('internal/errors');
-const { AssertionError, errorCache } = require('internal/assert');
+const { AssertionError } = require('internal/assert');
 const { openSync, closeSync, readSync } = require('fs');
 const { inspect, types: { isPromise, isRegExp } } = require('util');
 const { EOL } = require('internal/constants');
 const { NativeModule } = require('internal/bootstrap/loaders');
 
+const errorCache = new Map();
+
 let isDeepEqual;
 let isDeepStrictEqual;
 let parseExpressionAt;
diff --git a/lib/internal/assert.js b/lib/internal/assert.js
index 2e91b08006b..3b19f2c39d9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert.js
@@ -271,6 +271,5 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  AssertionError,
-  errorCache: new Map()
+  AssertionError
 };