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Clarify error status #462

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Clarify `error` status
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Expand Up @@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ The following overall statuses are valid:

- `pass`: All tests passed
- `fail`: At least one test has the status `fail` or `error`
- `error`: No test was executed correctly (this usually means e.g. a compile error, or a syntax error)
- `error`: No test was executed (this usually means e.g. a compile error, or a syntax error)
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To clarify, `error` should _only_ be used if **none of the tests were run**.
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Usually, this only happens for compiled languages, as not being able to compile the code will prevent the tests from being run.
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In most interpreted languages, the tests will run even with syntax errors in the source, as they'll only find that out at run time.
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