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Document GENERATE's new usage between SECTIONs
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@ -11,6 +11,38 @@ are run once per each value in a generator.
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This is best explained with an example:
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```cpp
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TEST_CASE("Generators") {
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auto i = GENERATE(1, 3, 5);
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REQUIRE(is_odd(i));
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}
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```
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The "Generators" `TEST_CASE` will be entered 3 times, and the value of
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`i` will be 1, 3, and 5 in turn. `GENERATE`s can also be used multiple
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times at the same scope, in which case the result will be a cartesian
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product of all elements in the generators. This means that in the snippet
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below, the test case will be run 6 (2\*3) times.
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```cpp
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TEST_CASE("Generators") {
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auto i = GENERATE(1, 2);
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auto j = GENERATE(3, 4, 5);
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}
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```
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There are 2 parts to generators in Catch2, the `GENERATE` macro together
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with the already provided generators, and the `IGenerator<T>` interface
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that allows users to implement their own generators.
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## Combining `GENERATE` and `SECTION`.
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`GENERATE` can be seen as an implicit `SECTION`, that goes from the place
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`GENERATE` is used, to the end of the scope. This can be used for various
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effects. The simplest usage is shown below, where the `SECTION` "one"
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runs 4 (2\*2) times, and `SECTION` "two" is run 6 times (2\*3).
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```
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TEST_CASE("Generators") {
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auto i = GENERATE(1, 2);
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SECTION("one") {
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}
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```
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The `SECTION` "one" will be run 4 (2\*2) times, because the outer
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generator has 2 elements in it, and the inner generator also has 2
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elements in it. The `SECTION` "two" will be run 6 (2\*3) times. The
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sections will be run in order "one", "one", "two", "two", "two", "one",
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...
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The specific order of the `SECTION`s will be "one", "one", "two", "two",
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"two", "one"...
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It is also possible to have multiple generators at the same level of
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nesting. The result is the same as when generators are inside nested
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sections, that is, the result will be a cartesian product of all
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elements. This means that in the snippet below, the test case will be
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run 6 (2\*3) times.
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The fact that `GENERATE` introduces a virtual `SECTION` can als obe used
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to make a generator replay only some `SECTION`s, without having to
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explicitly add a `SECTION`. As an example, the code below reports 3
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assertions, because the "first" section is run once, but the "second"
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section is run twice.
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```cpp
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TEST_CASE("Generators") {
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auto i = GENERATE(1, 2);
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auto j = GENERATE(3, 4, 5);
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TEST_CASE("GENERATE between SECTIONs") {
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SECTION("first") { REQUIRE(true); }
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auto _ = GENERATE(1, 2);
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SECTION("second") { REQUIRE(true); }
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}
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```
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This can lead to surprisingly complex test flows. As an example, the test
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below will report 14 assertions:
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There are 2 parts to generators in Catch2, the `GENERATE` macro together
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with the already provided generators, and the `IGenerator<T>` interface
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that allows users to implement their own generators.
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```cpp
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TEST_CASE("Complex mix of sections and generates") {
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auto i = GENERATE(1, 2);
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SECTION("A") {
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SUCCEED("A");
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}
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auto j = GENERATE(3, 4);
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SECTION("B") {
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SUCCEED("B");
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}
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auto k = GENERATE(5, 6);
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SUCCEED();
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}
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```
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> The ability to place `GENERATE` between two `SECTION`s was [introduced](https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/issues/1938) in Catch X.Y.Z.
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## Provided generators
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