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Add section about rustc_* TEST attrs to UI test chapter
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fmease committed Aug 22, 2024
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Currently none of the compare modes are checked in CI for UI tests.

## `rustc_*` attributes

The compiler defines several perma-unstable `#[rustc_*]` attributes gated behind the internal feature
`rustc_attrs` that dump extra compiler-internal information. See the analogous subsection in
[compiler debugging] for more details.

They can be used in tests to more precisely, legibly and easily test internal compiler state in cases
where it would otherwise be very hard to do the same with "user-facing" Rust alone. Indeed, one could
say that this slightly abuses the term "UI" (*user* interfacing) and turns such UI tests from black-box
tests into white-box ones. Use them carefully and sparingly.

[compiler debugging]: ../compiler-debugging.md#rustc_-attributes

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