Add experimental SPI to cancel a running test.#1284
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This PR introduces `Test.cancel()` and `Test.Case.cancel()` which cancel the current test/suite and the current test case, respectively. For example: ```swift @test(arguments: [Food.burger, .fries, .iceCream]) func `Food truck is well-stocked`(_ food: Food) throws { if food == .iceCream && Season.current == .winter { try Test.Case.cancel("It's too cold for ice cream.") } // ... } ``` These functions work by cancelling the child task associated with the current test or test case, then throwing an error to end local execution early. Compare `XCTSkip()` which, in Swift, is just a thrown error that the XCTest harness special-cases, or `XCTSkip()` in Objective-C which actually throws an exception to force the caller to exit early.
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… the test (if the test's task is actually cancelled)
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This PR extends the special-casing of `SkipInfo` and `CancellationError` added in #1284 to also cover test case evaluation during test planning. If either error is thrown from `evaluateTestCases()`, we treat it as test cancellation the same way we do for trait evaluation.
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This PR extends the special-casing of `SkipInfo` and `CancellationError` added in #1284 to also cover test case evaluation during test planning. If either error is thrown from `evaluateTestCases()`, we treat it as test cancellation the same way we do for trait evaluation.
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This PR extends the special-casing of `SkipInfo` and `CancellationError` added in #1284 to also cover test case evaluation during test planning. If either error is thrown from `evaluateTestCases()`, we treat it as test cancellation the same way we do for trait evaluation. Example: ```swift func websites() async throws -> [Website] { guard let www = Web() else { try Test.cancel("The Web doesn't exist, is this 1992?") } return try await www.downloadEverything() } @test(arguments: try await websites()) func browseWeb(at website: Website) { ... } ``` ### Checklist: - [x] Code and documentation should follow the style of the [Style Guide](https://github.com/apple/swift-testing/blob/main/Documentation/StyleGuide.md). - [x] If public symbols are renamed or modified, DocC references should be updated.
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This PR introduces
Test.cancel()andTest.Case.cancel()which cancel the current test/suite and the current test case, respectively. For example:These functions work by cancelling the child task associated with the current test or test case, then throwing an error to end local execution early. Compare
XCTSkip()which, in Swift, is just a thrown error that the XCTest harness special-cases, orXCTSkip()in Objective-C which actually throws an exception to force the caller to exit early.Resolves #120.
Resolves #1289.
Resolves rdar://159150449.
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