Using the setup keyword with the VSCode UI

[bvdmitri]

It seems that the setup keyword does not work when running from VSCode UI? Is there a workaround for that?

[nickrobinson251]

Unfortunately VSCode has an entirely different implementation: it doesn't use ReTestItems.jl at all, it uses https://github.com/julia-vscode/TestItemRunner.jl

We create ReTestItems.jl because we liked the interface but needed an implementation that we could move fast on developing and prioritised CI testing on large projects. One day we'd love there to be only one implementation.

I think VSCode (or at least the underlying package it uses) has some support for "test setups" but i think you would need to ask on that repo for if/when it will be released and available via the VSCode interface (julia-vscode/TestItemRunner.jl#39 (comment))

[bvdmitri]

Thanks for the answer, for now I found a workaround by just using include inside of the @testitem for the setup. Works both in VSCode UI and in the ] test command

[nickrobinson251]

Closed as this is for VS Code to fix, and for now there is the workaround of using include

[nickrobinson251]

VS Code now supports the setup=[...] keyword, unfortunately with a slightly different interface, see https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-stable-features-for-the-test-item-framework/118512

we may adopt this interface to stay aligned with VS Code (but TBD) #182