Hi all, I’m getting the below error when trying to...

# kotest

[phil-t]

Hi all, I’m getting the below error when trying to set my beforeAll function to suspend override suspend fun beforeAll() {..., which is because I’m trying to make it call a suspend function which waits for test data to be generated (removed company names below)

Conflicting overloads: public open suspend fun beforeAll(): Unit defined in com..., public open fun beforeAll(): Unit defined in io.kotest.core.config.AbstractProjectConfig

Has anyone else had this problem?

[Emil Kantis]

If you just need to bridge blocking and non-blocking code, you could invoke your suspending function in runBlocking { } ?

[phil-t]

Thanks I’ll give that a try

[sam]

Does your test class extend anything other than a spec class

[phil-t]

This is basically what it looks like, just extending AbstractProjectConfig

object MyConfig : AbstractProjectConfig() {
    override val globalAssertSoftly = true

    override fun beforeAll() {
        super.beforeAll()

        // Set up things here
    }
}

[sam]

Ahhh you're talking about the one in project config

[phil-t]

runBlocking worked perfectly, thanks for the help 🙂

[sam]

So the beforeAll in project config is not suspend because it's been around since before coroutines existed

[sam]

but I think for 5.0 we will make it suspendable

[sam]

https://github.com/kotest/kotest/issues/2312

[Emil Kantis]

What's the benefit of having it suspend? Mustn't it complete before any tests starts anyway?

[sam]

allows you to do suspend stuff without requiring run blocking

[Emil Kantis]

Gotcha :)

[Kristian]

That’s a welcome change, nice.