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testthat: handling both warning and value


What's the best way to handle calls that generate a warning but then also return a value?

e.g.

> require(testthat)
> expect_warning(log(-1))
> expect_equal(log(-1), NaN)
Warning message:
In log(-1) : NaNs produced

I want to write the test such that the call to log(-1) should both (a) generate a warning and (b) return the value NaN. The way above works, but seeing the "Warning message:" at the bottom might confuse people. Should I suppress warnings temporarily?


Solution

  • require(testthat)
    expect_warning(val <- log(-1))
    expect_true(is.nan(val))