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# error()

Deprecated. For a serious error that has no recovery path, throw a standard JavaScript error instead by using `throw new Error(msg)`.

## Signature

`error (String msg, Error e)`

## Parameters

**_msg_:** Type: `String`. The error message to display to the user.

**_e_:** Type: `Error`. The error message to display to the user.