Jasmine should recover gracefully when there are errors in describe functions.

src/Env.js

@@ -96,10 +96,21 @@ jasmine.Env.prototype.describe = function(description, specDefinitions) {
 
   this.currentSuite = suite;
 
-  specDefinitions.call(suite);
+  var declarationError = null;
+  try {
+    specDefinitions.call(suite);
+  } catch(e) {
+    declarationError = e;
+  }
 
   this.currentSuite = parentSuite;
 
+  if (declarationError) {
+    this.it("encountered a declaration exception", function() {
+      throw declarationError;
+    });
+  }
+
   return suite;
 };
 

src/base.js

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ jasmine.MessageResult = function(text) {
   this.trace = new Error(); // todo: test better
 };
 
+jasmine.MessageResult.prototype.toString = function() {
+  return this.text;
+};
+
 jasmine.ExpectationResult = function(params) {
   this.type = 'ExpectationResult';
   this.matcherName = params.matcherName;
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ jasmine.ExpectationResult = function(params) {
   this.trace = this.passed_ ? '' : new Error(this.message);
 };
 
+jasmine.ExpectationResult.prototype.toString = function () {
+  return this.message;
+};
+
 jasmine.ExpectationResult.prototype.passed = function () {
   return this.passed_;
 };