If we are going down this path, then my suggestion would be to add this to
all of Elixir itself, starting with function clause errors. :) If someone
wants to explore this path, please go ahead!
On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 5:13 PM Ben Wilson <benwilson...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed. Can the formatter get invoked on output like that I wonder?
>
> On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 3:32:02 AM UTC-4 ifu...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Consider the following code:
>>
>> setup do
>> %{a: 1}
>> end
>>
>> test "test", %{b: b} do
>> IO.inspect(b)
>> end
>>
>> if we run the test, then it fails with the following error:
>> 1) test test (SandboxTest)
>> test/sandbox_test.exs:8
>> ** (FunctionClauseError) no function clause matching in
>> SandboxTest."test test"/1
>>
>> The following arguments were given to SandboxTest."test test"/1:
>>
>> # 1
>> %{a: 1, async: false, case: SandboxTest, describe: nil,
>> describe_line: nil, file:
>> "/home/artur/projects/sandbox/test/sandbox_test.exs", line: 8, module:
>> SandboxTest, registered: %{}, test: :"test test", test_type: :test}
>>
>> code: test "test", %{b: b} do
>> stacktrace:
>> test/sandbox_test.exs:8: (test)
>>
>>
>> A way better error reporting is present if the test uses assert macro:
>>
>> setup do
>> %{a: 1}
>> end
>>
>> test "test", context do
>> assert %{b: b} = context
>> IO.inspect(b)
>> end
>>
>> Error:
>> 1) test test (SandboxTest)
>> test/sandbox_test.exs:9
>> match (=) failed
>> code: assert %{b: b} = context
>> left: %{b: b}
>> right: %{
>> a: 1,
>> async: false,
>> case: SandboxTest,
>> describe: nil,
>> describe_line: nil,
>> file: "/home/artur/projects/sandbox/test/sandbox_test.exs",
>> line: 9,
>> module: SandboxTest,
>> registered: %{},
>> test: :"test test",
>> test_type: :test
>> }
>> stacktrace:
>> test/sandbox_test.exs:10: (test)
>>
>> It would be great if something similar is reported for the first code
>> snippet.
>>
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