3 files changed, 19 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/tests/core/test_std_exception.in b/tests/core/test_std_exception.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..280faed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/test_std_exception.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+      #include <stdio.h>
+      #include <exception>
+
+      int main()
+      {
+          std::exception e;
+          try {
+            throw e;
+          } catch(std::exception e) {
+            printf("caught std::exception\n");
+          }
+          return 0;
+      }
+    
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/core/test_std_exception.out b/tests/core/test_std_exception.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1660de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/test_std_exception.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+caught std::exception
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index c33bef18..6e378785 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -1322,22 +1322,10 @@ class T(RunnerCore): # Short name, to make it more fun to use manually on the co
     Settings.DISABLE_EXCEPTION_CATCHING = 0
     self.emcc_args += ['-s', 'SAFE_HEAP=0']
 
-    src = r'''
-      #include <stdio.h>
-      #include <exception>
+    test_path = path_from_root('tests', 'core', 'test_std_exception')
+    src, output = (test_path + s for s in ('.in', '.out'))
 
-      int main()
-      {
-          std::exception e;
-          try {
-            throw e;
-          } catch(std::exception e) {
-            printf("caught std::exception\n");
-          }
-          return 0;
-      }
-    '''
-    self.do_run(src, 'caught std::exception')
+    self.do_run_from_file(src, output)
 
   def test_async_exit(self):
     open('main.c', 'w').write(r'''