Make tests capture the error printed by a Result return

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs b/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs
index 2dc12a18a8a..4ccb2bf3231 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/stdio.rs
@@ -999,7 +999,18 @@ fn print_to<T>(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>, global_s: fn() -> T, label: &str)
 where
     T: Write,
 {
-    if OUTPUT_CAPTURE_USED.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    if print_to_buffer_if_capture_used(args) {
+        // Successfully wrote to capture buffer.
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if let Err(e) = global_s().write_fmt(args) {
+        panic!("failed printing to {label}: {e}");
+    }
+}
+
+fn print_to_buffer_if_capture_used(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) -> bool {
+    OUTPUT_CAPTURE_USED.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
         && OUTPUT_CAPTURE.try_with(|s| {
             // Note that we completely remove a local sink to write to in case
             // our printing recursively panics/prints, so the recursive
@@ -1009,14 +1020,19 @@ where
                 s.set(Some(w));
             })
         }) == Ok(Some(()))
-    {
-        // Successfully wrote to capture buffer.
+}
+
+/// Used by impl Termination for Result to print error after `main` or a test
+/// has returned. Should avoid panicking, although we can't help it if one of
+/// the Display impls inside args decides to.
+pub(crate) fn attempt_print_to_stderr(args: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
+    if print_to_buffer_if_capture_used(args) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if let Err(e) = global_s().write_fmt(args) {
-        panic!("failed printing to {label}: {e}");
-    }
+    // Ignore error if the write fails, for example because stderr is already
+    // closed. There is not much point panicking at this point.
+    let _ = stderr().write_fmt(args);
 }
 
 #[unstable(