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compiletest: Deficiencies and pitfalls of //@ normalize-* headers #126372

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These headers allow individual tests to define custom output-normalization rules, so that output snapshots are less sensitive to things like platform differences, line numbers, and timestamps.

Unfortunately, they have a few limitations and pitfalls:

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    A-compiletestArea: The compiletest test runnerA-testsuiteArea: The testsuite used to check the correctness of rustcC-bugCategory: This is a bug.E-mediumCall for participation: Medium difficulty. Experience needed to fix: Intermediate.T-bootstrapRelevant to the bootstrap subteam: Rust's build system (x.py and src/bootstrap)

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