Syntax errors fail silently

[klieber]

Hi team,

I have recently made a syntax mistake while writing unit test:
describe('some class', function {});

Is it expected that this file is just skipped and there is no error output, if it is run through mvn test ?

[klieber]

Where is the syntax error? Just because you don't define any tests doesn't make it a syntax error, it's just empty and therefore no tests are run.

[VladyslavGoloshchapov]

sorry - I must have been more clear, the syntax error is in function declaration:
function {} - the () is missing

[klieber]

ah! or I could have looked at it longer.

[VladyslavGoloshchapov]

:)

[VladyslavGoloshchapov]

anyway - is there a way to stop build instead of swallowing it silently ?

[klieber]

I'm not sure why it isn't causing a failure because it definitely should fail on syntax errors. Most likely a bug somewhere.

[VladyslavGoloshchapov]

is it reproducible on your environment, Kyle ?

[coveralls]

Coverage decreased (-0.31%) when pulling a1ef3f6 on klieber:issue/209_syntax_errors_should_fail into 6e27461 on searls:master.