On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:25:06PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > As explained in 452320f1f5 (test-lib: add --verbose-log option, > 2016-10-21) combining the "--verbose" option with the TAP-parsing > "prove" utility would result in broken tests. > > This is because "prove" expects valid TAP on stdout, and if there's a > stray line starting with "ok", or other invalid TAP syntax it will > error on the test. > > In 452320f1f5 numerous potential methods are discussed for dealing > with this problem, but not the one implemented here, which I think is > a much simpler approach. I guess I don't really have an objection to this method existing, but I don't see the point of it now. The original problem has been solved, and I don't find this any simpler than --verbose-log (on the contrary, I find it much more complicated). So I don't know why I would want to use this instead. -Peff
