https://go.dev/issue/26460
- sean
On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 7:31 PM David M <david.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not quite sure if this is a bug but it's annoying:
>
> If the example tested string contains a trailing space before a newline,
> the test always fails no matter how.
> // this test passes
> func ExampleFormat() {
> fmt.Println("a\nb")
> // Output:
> // a
> // b
> }
> // this test fails no matter we put "a" or "a " in the first output line.
> func ExampleFormat() {
> fmt.Println("a \nb")
> // Output:
> // a
> // b
> }
>
> The doc <https://pkg.go.dev/testing#hdr-Examples> says "The comparison
> ignores leading and trailing space." I guess what's going on here is that
> it cut the trailing space in the desired output, but doesn't handle the
> space in the practical output if it's before a newline. Because the
> practical output may come from a 3rd party library, we have to respect how
> they print things.
>
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