The Greedy Catcher
^^^^^
**Definition:**

* A unit test which catches exceptions and swallows the stack trace, sometimes replacing it with a less informative failure message, but sometimes even just logging (c.f. Loudmouth) and letting the test pass.


**References:**

.. admonition:: Quality attributes

    * :octicon:`file-code;1em` -  Code Example
    * :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` -  Cause and Effect
    * :octicon:`graph;1em` -  Frequency
    * :octicon:`sync;1em` -  Refactoring

* `Anti-Patterns - Digital Tapestry <https://digitaltapestry.net/testify/manual/AntiPatterns.html>`_
* `Categorising Test Smells <https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.696.5180&rep=rep1&type=pdf>`_ :octicon:`graph;1em`
* `Test-Driven Development: TDD Anti-Patterns <https://bryanwilhite.github.io/the-funky-knowledge-base/entry/kb2076072213/>`_
* `Unit Testing Anti-Patterns, Full List <https://www.yegor256.com/2018/12/11/unit-testing-anti-patterns.html>`_