is there any way to have `StableIdents.getStableId...

# kotest

[solonovamax]

is there any way to have StableIdents.getStableIdentifier(Any?) be re-exposed so that it can be used?
I was using it for the kotlin/js platform because I could not use withData(), as it would result in an error saying "Nested tests are not supported". my workaround for this was to instead use withClue() on the kotlin/js platform, doing this:

actual fun FunSpecRootScope.testPrecomputed(
    context: String,
    precomputed: List<FuzzyTestData>,
    resultFunction: (String, String) -> Double,
) {
    context(context) {
        precomputed.forEach {
            withClue({ getStableIdentifier(it) }) {
                resultFunction(it.first, it.second) shouldBe (it.result plusOrMinus DEFAULT_TOLERANCE)
            }
        }
    }
}

in kotest 6.0.0, this would instead be changed to use StableIdents.getStableIdentifier(it), however this does not work because StableIdents is internal.

I was told previously that nested tests would be present in 6.0, however they don't seem to be.

[Alex Kuznetsov]

I don't see why not. IMO we can make it public without much effort. WDYT @sam?

[solonovamax]

it would also be very helpful for anyone implementing their own custom test specs, as currently the withData() function is defined per-style, so if you defined your own style you wouldn't be able to use it

[sam]

We're about to move withData to be generic

[sam]

so it's not per style

[solonovamax]

I'd still want access to StableIdents.getStableIdentifier(Any?), as currently nested tests do not work on kotlin/js, so I need to use withClue() which does not compute the stable identifier

[Alex Kuznetsov]

I got it

[Alex Kuznetsov]

@solonovamax here you go; https://github.com/kotest/kotest/pull/5126/files

feel free to add the needed info to the docs, then it should be ready to go

[solonovamax]

I don't think it really needs to be documented and can be left as "semi-internal" ("it's used internally and is exposed for others to use, but isn't exactly documented and you just have to figure it out on your own")

[sam]

I'm happy with that

[Alex Kuznetsov]

I'll add some docs and mark the PR as ready. Help/suggestions on exact verbiage would be appreciated