Me too. TAP output encourages longer more informative failure messages as well as more comprehensive output due to exceptions not being the default method of e

Me too. TAP output encourages longer more informative failure messages as well as more comprehensive output due to exceptions not being the default method of expressing test failures. Most xUnit style tests allow you give more informative messages and some even provide alternatives to Assert for expressing failures that allow you to collect much more information about the state of a failing test. But the API's and culture around xUnit style testing don't encourage it so almost no one writes them that way.