Too few arguments to function PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::__construct(), 0 passed about phpunit HOT 5 CLOSED

I'm pretty sure that's what @engrnand was trying to convey when he opened issue #5554...

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as you can see in the source code, the $name parameter is required, no default value is provided:

This should either be:

public function __construct(string $name = '') 

or documentation should be updated to reflect the necessity of this parameter.

I must add, that I'm not using PHPUnit on the command line, I am using it together with ratchetphp to send the results of tests over a websocket to a web UI.

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The necessity of this parameter is documented through the fact that it is not optional.

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I'm really sorry @sebastianbergmann , but that seems to be a bit of an attitude there. If there is some use to the $name parameter (and I'm sure there is), please document the use of it. Otherwise if there is no real use, could you explain for what reason this is considered legal:

class MyTest extends TestCase {
  public function test() {
    //perform a test
  }
}
$mytest = new MyTest('');

but this isn't:

class MyTest extends TestCase {
  public function test() {
    //perform a test
  }
}
$mytest = new MyTest;

Is there any real difference? Other than to make life more complicated?

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TestCase objects are only supposed to be created and used by PHPUnit itself, not by third-party extensions for/wrappers around PHPUnit.

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