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The `promise_test` function is intended to run an asynchronous test, interpreting its status via a "thenable" object provided via return value. Previously, it would accept functions that did not provide such a value, and this meant that tests could fail silently. Because there is no use case for using `promise_test` in this way, the condition always reflects a programming error. Update the harness to explicitly fail the test whenever this occurs, prompting contributors to correct their usage prior to submitting the test.
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This may not be a strong enough indicator. The existing code detects the bug I referenced above, but I suspect that test failures were expected when the patch was submitted, so it may not have been evident that the tests were failing for the wrong reason. @jgraham: do you think we should fail the test suite itself in this case? |
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Yes, I think it makes sense to move this logic outside the |
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Okay @jgraham, I've updated this to fail the harness. This version still causes |
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promise_testfunction is intended to run an asynchronous test, interpreting its status via a "thenable" object provided via return value. Previously, it would accept functions that did not provide such a value, and this meant that tests could fail silently. Because there is no use case for usingpromise_testin this way, the condition always reflects a programming error.Update the harness to explicitly fail the test whenever this occurs, prompting contributors to correct their usage prior to submitting the test.
@jgraham This is in response to web-platform-tests/wpt#5228 . It's difficult to say how many tests this change might effect; would you mind vetting it against WPT using Mozilla's testing infrastructure, like we did with #240 ?
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