# Is there a way to handle test case names?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** testing
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173 "2022-02-10T15:08:09Z")
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### Author:  [@ReneUmmels](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ReneUmmels)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173/1 "2022-02-10T15:08:09Z")
with @testset you can specify a set name
can the same be done with @test somehow? Maybe by creating own extension for test macro, if so how?
Background:
Sometimes I want to have sets but also name the individual test cases in a set to make it more verbose for other developers what is exactly tested (and whether the individual test case is normal case or corner case, and so on).
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### Author:  [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173/2 "2022-02-10T15:17:09Z")
I would just use code comments for this. I mean… I don’t. But if I wanted to be more thorough I would.
EDIT: My reasoning is that while I often look at the `runtests.jl` for a package, I almost never actually run the tests and look at the output unless I am developing a package. In that case, I would have already looked at the test code anyways.
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### Author:  [@ReneUmmels](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ReneUmmels)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173/3 "2022-02-10T15:23:52Z")
I am looking for a non-comment solution
as I want to see the test case names in the output of test run
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### Author:  [@tomerarnon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomerarnon)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173/4 "2022-02-10T22:06:39Z")
You could wrap every test in a testset if that’s the end result you want. You could extend the `@test` macro for that like you suggested if that makes it simpler.
```julia
macro namedtest(name, test)
esc(:(@testset $name begin @test $test end))
end
```
```julia
julia> @namedtest "test 1" 1 == 1
Test Summary: | Pass Total
test 1 | 1 1
```
Note that nested testsets don’t print if they pass:
```julia
julia> @testset "a bunch of tests" begin
@namedtest "test 1" 1 + 1 == 2
@namedtest "test 2" 1 * 1 == 1
end
Test Summary: | Pass Total
a bunch of tests | 2 2
```
So I don’t know if this will get you the effect you want either.
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### Author:  [@ReneUmmels](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ReneUmmels)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173/5 "2022-03-09T14:44:19Z")
It looks okay-ish
```julia
Test Summary: | Pass Total
a bunch of tests | 2 2
Test.DefaultTestSet("a bunch of tests", Any[Test.DefaultTestSet("test 1", Any[], 1, false, false), Test.DefaultTestSet("test 2", Any[], 1, false, false)], 0, false, false)
Test Summary: | Pass Fail Total
a bunch of tests | 1 1 2
test 1 | 1 1
test 2 | 1 1
ERROR: Some tests did not pass: 1 passed, 1 failed, 0 errored, 0 broken.
```
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### Author:  [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-test-case-names/76173/6 "2022-03-09T17:16:39Z")
Is the `@testset my_func()` functionality somewhat close to what you’re looking for? [It’s been merged for a while](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/42518), but I don’t know if it’s in a release yet. Possibly will only be released in 1.8.