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cmd/go: go test -list does things other than listing tests #25339

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echlebek opened this issue May 10, 2018 · 4 comments
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cmd/go: go test -list does things other than listing tests #25339

echlebek opened this issue May 10, 2018 · 4 comments
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@echlebek
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This is a small quibble, but caused me some surprise recently.

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.10.2 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/eric/.cache/go-build"
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/eric/go"
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build753721336=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

What did you do?

foo_test.go

package foo

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"
)

func init() {
	fmt.Println("Hello, world!")
}

func TestFoo(t *testing.T) {}

$ go test -list=TestFoo

What did you expect to see?

TestFoo

What did you see instead?

Hello, world!
TestFoo
ok  	github.com/echlebek/foo	0.001s

In #17209, Nemith proposes that go test -list would list the tests, but no tests would be run or any other operation.

I think that since it can be statically determined what the tests in a package are, the -list functionality should not depend on executing the test binary.
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor changed the title go test -list does things other than listing tests cmd/go: go test -list does things other than listing tests May 10, 2018
@ianlancetaylor
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Perhaps it was a mistake to add a -test.list option to test binaries. Now that we've done that, it seems clearly desirable for go test -list and go test -c; ./pkg.test -test.list do the same thing.

@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label May 10, 2018
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added this to the Unplanned milestone May 10, 2018
@vedujoshi
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Same issue was seen with below code as well...when asked to list, BeforeSuite() and AfterSuite() methods too get called

func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
	BeforeSuite()
	exitCode := m.Run()
	AfterSuite()
	os.Exit(exitCode)
}

@fredrikaverpil
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fredrikaverpil commented Apr 15, 2024 •
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This problem has existed for quite some time: #17209

But yes, it would be super useful to have tests listed (not executed) even if the subtests/table tests cannot be found.

@seankhliao seankhliao added the GoCommand cmd/go label Feb 22, 2025
@jabielecki jabielecki mentioned this issue Mar 16, 2025
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@seankhliao seankhliao marked this as a duplicate of #72894 Mar 16, 2025
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matloob commented Apr 1, 2025

I think we do want go test -list to do the same thing as running the test binary with -test.list.

@matloob matloob closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Apr 1, 2025
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