Improved error messages from unittest.

pkg/unittest/lib/unittest.dart

Index: pkg/unittest/lib/unittest.dart
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--- pkg/unittest/lib/unittest.dart	(revision 24002)
+++ pkg/unittest/lib/unittest.dart	(working copy)
@@ -863,6 +863,12 @@
 /** Signature for a test function. */
 typedef dynamic TestFunction();
 
+/**
+ * A flag that controls whether we hide unittest details in exception stacks.
+ * Useful to disable when debugging unittest or matcher customizations.
+ */
+bool formatStacks = true;
+
 // Stack formatting utility. Strips extraneous content from a stack trace.
 // Stack frame lines are parsed with a regexp, which has been tested
 // in Chrome, Firefox and the VM. If a line fails to be parsed it is
@@ -886,6 +892,9 @@
     r'):([:\d]+)[\)]?$'); // Get the line number and optional column number.
 
 String _formatStack(stack) {
+  if (!formatStacks) {

[Siggi Cherem (dart-lang), 2013/06/14 01:20:56]

nit: use fast-exit pattern 
if (!formatStacks) return "$stack";

+    return "$stack";
+  }
   var lines;
   if (stack is StackTrace) {
     lines = stack.toString().split('\n');