On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 15:25, Chris Burkert <burkert.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey there, > > I have a package "test", which is only used in tests and which contains > one function: https://go.dev/play/p/Ne1xGXsQNmy > > This leads to a finding when running deadcode: > > $ deadcode ./... > test/testg.go:8:6: unreachable func: SkipIfIntegration > To me, that seems like an issue with the deadcode linter. In particular, I don't understand why it would ever complain about an exported function. That is almost definitionally not "dead". > I tried several things: > - renaming the package to "test_test" > - renaming the file to "test_test.go" > > I think https://github.com/golang/go/issues/31135 and > https://github.com/golang/go/issues/39565 address the same topic. > > It seems that in *_test.go files you cannot import from other *_test.go > files in other packages. > > My workaround: I run deadcode -test ./... but then I may miss unused code, > which may have an old test. > > Is there a better way? > Maybe you can add something like `var _ = SkipIfIntegration` to your package? i.e. trick the linter to stop it from complaining? > > PS: I want to follow > https://www.konradreiche.com/blog/how-to-separate-integration-tests-in-go/ > > thanks > Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALWqRZpziVRJ_9ifRXNEzhGk8negv7xbjwZod24sSbcuvt9KQQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALWqRZpziVRJ_9ifRXNEzhGk8negv7xbjwZod24sSbcuvt9KQQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfEXLv%2BXZy7wJZq%3Dg3vGFrUpm_8tC2i%2BQwbYhtPApcTMJg%40mail.gmail.com.
