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| author | Oneirical <manchot@videotron.ca> | 2025-07-22 21:42:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Oneirical <manchot@videotron.ca> | 2025-07-24 17:09:42 -0400 |
| commit | 94c0cf891e4427083072b9050b89dd0332a616ae (patch) | |
| tree | 1298e194b12965b4fab8161c61dbdf1f9a907e8d | |
| parent | 246733a3d978de41c5b77b8120ba8f41592df9f1 (diff) | |
| download | rust-94c0cf891e4427083072b9050b89dd0332a616ae.tar.gz rust-94c0cf891e4427083072b9050b89dd0332a616ae.zip | |
Rename tests/ui/SUMMARY.md and update rustc dev guide on error-pattern
| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/ui/README.md (renamed from tests/ui/SUMMARY.md) | 0 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md index 9bfc60e08a6..b1feef9ed0c 100644 --- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md +++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md @@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ fn main((ؼ Use `//~?` to match an error without line information. `//~?` is precise and will not match errors if their line information is available. -It should be preferred to using `error-pattern`, which is imprecise and non-exhaustive. +For tests wishing to match against compiler diagnostics, error annotations should +be preferred over //@ error-pattern, //@ error-pattern is imprecise and non-exhaustive. ```rust,ignore //@ compile-flags: --print yyyy @@ -347,8 +348,6 @@ fn main() { } ``` -Use of `error-pattern` is not recommended in general. - For strict testing of compile time output, try to use the line annotations `//~` as much as possible, including `//~?` annotations for diagnostics without spans. @@ -359,7 +358,8 @@ Some of the compiler messages can stay uncovered by annotations in this mode. For checking runtime output, `//@ check-run-results` may be preferable. -Only use `error-pattern` if none of the above works. +Only use `error-pattern` if none of the above works, such as when finding a +specific string pattern in a runtime panic output. Line annotations `//~` and `error-pattern` are compatible and can be used in the same test. diff --git a/tests/ui/SUMMARY.md b/tests/ui/README.md index b635b6326fc..b635b6326fc 100644 --- a/tests/ui/SUMMARY.md +++ b/tests/ui/README.md |
