check_strvec_loc() checks each strvec item by looping through them and comparing them with expected values. If a check fails then we'd like to know which item is affected. It reports that information by building a strbuf and delivering its contents using a failing assertion, e.g. if there are fewer items in the strvec than expected: # check "vec->nr > nr" failed at t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c:19 # left: 1 # right: 1 # check "strvec index 1" failed at t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c:71 Note that the index variable is "nr" and thus the interesting value is reported twice in that example (in lines three and four). Stop printing the index explicitly for checks that already report it. The message for the same condition as above becomes: # check "vec->nr > nr" failed at t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c:19 # left: 1 # right: 1 For the string comparison, whose error message doesn't include the index, report it using the simpler and more appropriate test_msg() instead. Report the index using its actual variable name and format the line like the preceding ones. The message for an unexpected string value becomes: # check "!strcmp(vec->v[nr], str)" failed at t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c:24 # left: "foo" # right: "bar" # nr: 0 Reported-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: - Typo fix. - Grammar fix. - Reworded problem description for brevity. - Qualify "name" in the last paragraph for clarity. - Add sign-off. - No code changes. Thank you, Eric! t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c b/t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c index d4615ab06d..236203af61 100644 --- a/t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c +++ b/t/unit-tests/t-strvec.c @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ static void check_strvec_loc(const char *loc, struct strvec *vec, ...) break; if (!check_uint(vec->nr, >, nr) || - !check_uint(vec->alloc, >, nr) || - !check_str(vec->v[nr], str)) { - struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT; - strbuf_addf(&msg, "strvec index %"PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t) nr); - test_assert(loc, msg.buf, 0); - strbuf_release(&msg); + !check_uint(vec->alloc, >, nr)) { + va_end(ap); + return; + } + if (!check_str(vec->v[nr], str)) { + test_msg(" nr: %"PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)nr); va_end(ap); return; } -- 2.45.2