Variables passing bug

Hello, @fhoeben ,

Looks like there is a bug, that you cant access variables created in SuiteSetUp’s and other test pages by ‘EchoFixture’ in ‘JsonFixture’ for validation values. Attaching screenshot:

Variable created in SuiteSetUp

Variable created in previous test page:

Additional information:

1. Variables are not accessible only for validation values (as shown in screenshot).
2. Variables are accessible if they are created in SetUp, or same test page.
3. HsacFixtures version 4.15.2
4. Fitnesse version 20200501

Workaround: Call vars by EchoFixture on same test page, and recreate them… 😃 |script|echo fixture| |$variable=|echo|$variable|

Please don’t hesitate and ask if anything more is required, Julius

[tcnh]

I’ve once tried to start fixing this, but it requires changes to the slim protocol. That;s where I decided it was not worth the hassle. When we really need variable values from suiteSetUp in a test, we just use the workaround (the backtick expressions will also work, if you use  $`variable`  (note the backtick starting after the $). In most cases though, it’s also possible to move some variable setting to setup or a collapsed include in a test template.

A nice ‘feature’ resluting from this anomaly is that it can be used to hide sensitive information from test reports. I have a habit of setting stuff like credential information from suiteSetup, so that they don’t show up in the HTML reports

[tcnh]

I agree it looks like a bug (and probably is). The reason is that a setup is executed as part of a test case, whereas suite setup is executed as a separate test case. One could argue that bleeding symbol values from one test to another is unexpected as well.