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When I tried to debug mocha with --inspect option, ReferenceError: describe is not defined error occurred.
It seems it is not run under mocha context.
$ ./node_modules/.bin/mocha --version
6.0.0-1
$ ./node_modules/.bin/mocha --inspect ex.test.js
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/aca2ad85-76ab-42ac-99bc-6acb84bd1bc2
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
/Users/outsider/temp/mocha-next/6/ex.test.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { describe('Suite', () => {
^
ReferenceError: describe is not defined
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/outsider/temp/mocha-next/6/ex.test.js:1:63)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:742:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)
at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:743:3)With mocha@5.2.0, it is fine.
$ ./node_modules/.bin/mocha --version
5.2.0
$ ./node_modules/.bin/mocha --inspect ex.test.js
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/4b56feea-1711-43bd-82a3-5a587171122f
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Suite
✓ test
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