SERVER-21164 Use throw instead of assert in rslib.js wait loop

(cherry picked from commit 8fef1b5e7aea0d5b8683b580487b1e22e3a30c41)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/jstests/replsets/rslib.js b/jstests/replsets/rslib.js
index d4cea8a51eb..bff0a04182d 100644
--- a/jstests/replsets/rslib.js
+++ b/jstests/replsets/rslib.js
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ wait = function(f,msg) {
         if (++n == 4) {
             print("" + f);
         }
-        assert(n < 200, 'tried 200 times, giving up on ' + msg );
+        if (n >= 200) {
+            throw new Error('tried 200 times, giving up on ' + msg);
+        }
         sleep(1000);
     }
 };