added feedback from @nunomaduro

src/Concerns/TestCase.php

@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ trait TestCase
         $this->setGroups($groups);
     }
 
-    public function addDependencies(array $tests): void
-    {
-        $this->setDependencies($tests);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the test case name. Note that, in Pest
      * we ignore withDataset argument as the description
@@ -144,7 +139,7 @@ trait TestCase
     {
         return ExceptionTrace::ensure(function () use ($closure, $arguments) {
             return call_user_func_array(Closure::bind($closure, $this, get_class($this)), $arguments);
-        })->getValue();
+        });
     }
 
     public function getPrintableTestCaseName(): string

src/PendingObjects/TestCall.php

@@ -84,20 +84,15 @@ final class TestCall
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function dependsOn(string ...$tests): TestCall
+    public function depends(string ...$tests): TestCall
     {
         $this->testCaseFactory
             ->factoryProxies
-            ->add(Backtrace::file(), Backtrace::line(), 'addDependencies', [$tests]);
+            ->add(Backtrace::file(), Backtrace::line(), 'setDependencies', [$tests]);
 
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function depends(string ...$tests): TestCall
-    {
-        return $this->dependsOn(...$tests);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Makes the test suite only this test case.
      */

src/Support/ExceptionTrace.php

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ final class ExceptionTrace
      * Ensures the given closure reports
      * the good execution context.
      */
-    public static function ensure(Closure $closure): Mixed
+    public static function ensure(Closure $closure)
     {
         try {
-            return new Mixed($closure());
+            return $closure();
         } catch (Throwable $throwable) {
             if (Str::startsWith($message = $throwable->getMessage(), self::UNDEFINED_METHOD)) {
                 $message = str_replace(self::UNDEFINED_METHOD, 'Call to undefined method ', $message);

src/Support/Mixed.php

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Pest\Support;
-
-/**
- * @internal
- */
-final class Mixed
-{
-    /**
-     * @var mixed
-     */
-    private $value;
-
-    /**
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    public function __construct($value)
-    {
-        $this->value = $value;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return mixed
-     */
-    public function getValue()
-    {
-        return $this->value;
-    }
-}

tests/.snapshots/success.txt

@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@
    PASS  Tests\Features\Depends
   ✓ first
   ✓ second
-  ✓ dependsOn
-  ✓ dependsOn with ...params
-  ✓ dependsOn with defined arguments
-  ✓ dependsOn run test only once
-  ✓ depends alias for dependsOn
+  ✓ depends
+  ✓ depends with ...params
+  ✓ depends with defined arguments
+  ✓ depends run test only once
 
    PASS  Tests\Features\Exceptions
   ✓ it gives access the the underlying expectException
@@ -153,5 +152,5 @@
    WARN  Tests\Visual\Success
   s visual snapshot of test suite on success
 
-  Tests:  6 skipped, 86 passed
-  Time:   2.61s
+  Tests:  6 skipped, 85 passed
+  Time:   2.60s

tests/Features/Depends.php

@@ -16,32 +16,25 @@ test('second', function () use (&$runCounter) {
     return 'second';
 });
 
-test('dependsOn', function () {
+test('depends', function () {
     assertEquals(
         ['first', 'second'],
         func_get_args()
     );
-})->dependsOn('first', 'second');
+})->depends('first', 'second');
 
-test('dependsOn with ...params', function (string ...$params) {
-    assertEquals(
-        ['first', 'second'],
-        $params
-    );
-})->dependsOn('first', 'second');
-
-test('dependsOn with defined arguments', function (string $first, string $second) {
-    assertEquals('first', $first);
-    assertEquals('second', $second);
-})->dependsOn('first', 'second');
-
-test('dependsOn run test only once', function () use (&$runCounter) {
-    assertEquals(2, $runCounter);
-})->dependsOn('first', 'second');
-
-test('depends alias for dependsOn', function (string ...$params) {
+test('depends with ...params', function (string ...$params) {
     assertEquals(
         ['first', 'second'],
         $params
     );
 })->depends('first', 'second');
+
+test('depends with defined arguments', function (string $first, string $second) {
+    assertEquals('first', $first);
+    assertEquals('second', $second);
+})->depends('first', 'second');
+
+test('depends run test only once', function () use (&$runCounter) {
+    assertEquals(2, $runCounter);
+})->depends('first', 'second');