Rephrase the description of TEST_F() arguments for clarity.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 512937964
Change-Id: Ifa6369a80dc7d8efe60511417496d58317cfc28d
pull/3860/merge
Abseil Team 2 years ago committed by Copybara-Service
parent 8aa75fa771
commit 555486f408
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      docs/primer.md

@ -227,14 +227,14 @@ When using a fixture, use `TEST_F()` instead of `TEST()` as it allows you to
access objects and subroutines in the test fixture:
```c++
TEST_F(TestFixtureName, TestName) {
TEST_F(TestFixtureClassName, TestName) {
... test body ...
}
```
Like `TEST()`, the first argument is the test suite name, but for `TEST_F()`
this must be the name of the test fixture class. You've probably guessed: `_F`
is for fixture.
Unlike `TEST()`, in `TEST_F()` the first argument must be the name of the test
fixture class. (`_F` stands for "Fixture"). No test suite name is specified for
this macro.
Unfortunately, the C++ macro system does not allow us to create a single macro
that can handle both types of tests. Using the wrong macro causes a compiler

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