validation: use t.Fail when checking for main test errors #645
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So far
util.Fatal()
, which callsos.Exit(1)
, has been widely used to exit immediately when a critical error happened. Its downside is though that no further function can be called after that moment, even defer functions cannot be called. That's fine if there's nothing to clean up or the test is simple enough. Though it could be an issue, for example, when a test should print out TAP output by callingt.AutoPlan()
, or when it should clean up something.So let's try to use
util.Fatal()
only for errors from critical cases like errors fromutil.GetDefaultGenerator()
orutil.PrepareBundle()
. In case of main test errors, use insteadt.Fail(err.Error())
to print out errors in TAP outputs.Partly addresses #582
/cc @liangchenye
Signed-off-by: Dongsu Park [email protected]