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doc: improve common.mustCall() explanation #10390

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Maybe not the right time to bring this up, but the message printed when it fails doesn't include the text "common" or "mustCall" in it, so its basically impossible to know that's what is failing. I figured it out after googling for what I thought was a weird v8 error message, and then when that didn't work, using git grep to find the source of the error message.

How does this relate to docs? Well, if the message can't include some useful hint as to what is wrong, then docing the current error string might help people who have read the docs.


Number of times `fn` should be called.
Returns a function that calls `fn`. If the returned function has not been called
exactly `expected` number of times when the test is complete, then the test will
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We may want to specify that:

  1. It checks during process.on('exit')
  2. Wrapping exit handlers causes problems.

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When using this function the second parameter seems, even after looking at the source code multiple times, not clear enough for me. If you don't provide the number 1 it throws. I think the reason for this second parameter and for what it's used for should also be documented.

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Trott commented Dec 22, 2016

I think the reason for this second parameter and for what it's used for should also be documented.

That's exactly what this PR does. (Are you sure you are looking at the documentation change in this PR and not what is currently in master?)

If you don't provide the number 1 it throws.

That's incorrect.

The second parameter is called expected. That is currently documented.

If you do not provide a number, it defaults to 1. That is also currently documented.

This PR includes documentation that says:

If the returned function has not been called exactly expected number of times when the test is complete, then the test will fail.

That's the behavior you are seeing. I welcome a suggestion for better wording. Perhaps this?:

...then an AssertionError will be thrown and the test will fail.

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I'm sorry, I checked the code out again after your PR and probably mixed some things up. The wording is solid and makes it clearer now. Thanks for the help!

Trott added a commit to Trott/io.js that referenced this pull request Dec 23, 2016
PR-URL: nodejs#10390
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Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <[email protected]>
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Trott commented Dec 23, 2016

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evanlucas pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 3, 2017
PR-URL: #10390
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
evanlucas pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 4, 2017
PR-URL: #10390
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 23, 2017
PR-URL: #10390
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 24, 2017
PR-URL: #10390
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 31, 2017
PR-URL: #10390
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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