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authorEdward Welbourne <edward.welbourne@qt.io>2021-08-10 12:28:42 +0200
committerEdward Welbourne <edward.welbourne@qt.io>2021-08-11 21:10:00 +0200
commitdfbb2d6e1db3f23c89c0b09ef32fd886b176e4b8 (patch)
treebea9547ca80b8b766d8ef6a74dbd71c450600198 /src
parent40bfc2d8a078ce1cadfe0491e2843d028eca9f32 (diff)
Clarify documentation of QEXPECT_FAIL()'s mode
Present behavior is to continue or abort, according to the mode, regardless of whether the condition marked does fail. Change-Id: I2eb5eefbbf173326101d08f3bbb378d214e93e71 Reviewed-by: Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking <paul.wicking@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc4
-rw-r--r--src/testlib/qtestcase.qdoc19
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc b/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc
index 9073cc7c88..ff02ab876d 100644
--- a/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc
+++ b/src/testlib/doc/src/qttestlib-manual.qdoc
@@ -921,8 +921,8 @@
QSKIP can be used to skip testing when the implementation is not yet
complete or not supported on a certain platform. When there are known
- failures, it is recommended to use QEXPECT_FAIL, so that the test is
- always completely executed.
+ failures, QEXPECT_FAIL is recommended, as it supports running the rest
+ of the test, when possible.
Example of QSKIP in a test function:
diff --git a/src/testlib/qtestcase.qdoc b/src/testlib/qtestcase.qdoc
index 4534f3284f..2cc0038056 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtestcase.qdoc
+++ b/src/testlib/qtestcase.qdoc
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@
\a comment will be appended to the test log for the expected failure.
\a mode is a \l QTest::TestFailMode and sets whether the test should
- continue to execute or not.
+ continue to execute or not. The \a mode is applied regardless of
+ whether the expected test failure occurs.
\note This macro can only be used in a test function that is invoked
by the test framework.
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@
\snippet code/src_qtestlib_qtestcase.cpp 10
The above testfunction will not continue executing for the test data
- entry \c{data27}.
+ entry \c{data27} (regardless of the value of \c i).
\sa QTest::TestFailMode, QVERIFY(), QCOMPARE()
*/
@@ -632,14 +633,16 @@
/*! \enum QTest::TestFailMode
- This enum describes the modes for handling an expected failure of the
- \l QVERIFY() or \l QCOMPARE() macros.
+ This enum describes the modes for handling a check, such as by \l
+ QVERIFY() or \l QCOMPARE() macros, that is known to fail. The mode
+ applies regardless of whether the check fails or succeeds.
- \value Abort Aborts the execution of the test. Use this mode when it
- doesn't make sense to execute the test any further after the
- expected failure.
+ \value Abort Aborts the execution of the test. Use this mode when
+ it doesn't make sense to execute the test any further after
+ the problematic check.
- \value Continue Continues execution of the test after the expected failure.
+ \value Continue Continues execution of the test after the
+ problematic check.
\sa QEXPECT_FAIL()
*/