Kotlin 1.2.50 now provides a `org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit5:1.2.50` dependency for JUnit 5...

# test

[hastebrot]

Kotlin 1.2.50 now provides a org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit5:1.2.50 dependency for JUnit 5.

[ghedeon]

could you elaborate what benefits does it bring?

[ianbrandt]

It enables multi-platform testing by abstracting away the test framework annotations and assertions:

http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multiplatform.html#multiplatform-tests
http://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/kotlin.test/index.html