PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
Variables: Pester Variable in BeforeAll scope not visible in variable list (but is watchable)
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- C#
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Description
To be clear it's not in local/script/global either. I would expect it to be in local. This is probably an issue in how we fetch variables from the various stacks, or maybe Pester exposes this variable in a weird way.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Reproduce the Pester BeforeAll case and inspect how variables are fetched from the local, script, and global stacks; done means the Pester variable appears in the local variable list while retaining its existing watchability.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100