--nocapture doesn't follow common CLI conventions, making it a stumbling block to people debugging failures · Issue #133073 · rust-lang/rust (original) (raw)

By convention, users would expect to type in --no-capture. The fact that the argument is --nocapture trips people up, especially as they have to wait for their test to compile before they see the failure. Without spelling suggestions, they need to then consult the help to then remember its without the middle -. Unless someone is doing this all the time to build up muscle memory to counteract intuition, this will trip people up each time.

See also

• Rename test option --nocapture to --no-capture #24451
• https://hachyderm.io/@wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social/113485301109871075
• https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/404371-t-testing-devex/topic/--nocapture/near/482538793