Missing representation

[SerVB]

Hi! I'm comparing assertk to assertj and bumped into innability to find a way to change representations in the assertions message (Assertions.useRepresentation).

Does it exist or is it not yet implemented?

IMO that is quite useful, and should be provided ootb.

[evant]

You can pass a custom display function when calling assertThat
ex:

assertThat(foo, displayActual = { myCustomRepresentation(it) })

this could probably be better documented.

Does this cover the use-cases you are envisioning?

[SerVB]

Thanks for the answer. This looks not so convenient, though, to always pass the display function. It's better to just somehow specify globally.

[evant]

Oh you mean specifically a global setting then? Extending how show() works is something I've considered, but doing that in a way that's ergonomic and easy to understand is tricky.