add the ability to generate assertions off of actual instances

[AlexCue987]

I've developed a small library that generates kotest assertions and mocks off of actual data:
https://github.com/AlexCue987/kotests-mockks-generator

It does not publish to Maven yet.
Is there any appetite to add it to kotest org?

[LeoColman]

I'm not sure it should be incorporated to the core code.

It would need maintenance to something we try the best we can to avoid: bringing mocking dependencies in.

I think it should be kept as an external library. In that case we could also add it to one of external libraries in assertions

[AlexCue987]

I'm not sure it should be incorporated to the core code.

It would need maintenance to something we try the best we can to avoid: bringing mocking dependencies in.

I think it should be kept as an external library. In that case we could also add it to one of external libraries in assertions

Fair enough. I can remove all things related to mocking elsewhere, so that this small library deals with kotest and nothing else. Would it address your concerns, @LeoColman ?

[sksamuel]

The idea to derive kotest assertion is great, but not the mocking bit.
As @LeoColman says we want to keep mocking out.

Can you describe a bit more about how it would work without the mocking part? I read your readme, which is nicely detailed, but couldn't quite separate out the mocking from the non mocking bit.

[AlexCue987]

This version of the library does not mention any mocks at all. And its only dependency is reflection:

https://github.com/AlexCue987/kotest-generators

WDYT @sksamuel @LeoColman ?