docs: clarified and updated attributes comparison for xUnit 3

[304NotModified]

First of all, thanks for this great library!

I really like TUnit and TUnit.Mocks could be a killer feature. I really like AnyArgs(). I will try this soon :)

I noticed the attribute comparison wasn't up-to-date for xUnit 3. I don't say if xUnit 3 or TUnit is better - I just find it important that the comparison is complete and correct :)

Description

• Added dynamic skip
• Added Timeout and Explicit for xUnit 3
• Updated/clarified Culture attributes

I'm not sure if this "footnotes" markup is optimal, feel free to suggest another markup / update the PR.

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• Documentation
  • Improved formatting of the Test Control Attributes and Culture-sensitive Attributes comparison tables.
  • Added empty Notes cells where no notes are available and aligned the Notes columns consistently while preserving existing content.

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The attribute comparison documentation standardizes the Test Control Attributes table structure and aligns the Notes column in the Culture-sensitive Attributes table.

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Attribute comparison updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize comparison tables docs/docs/comparison/attributes.md	The Test Control Attributes table now includes a fifth Notes cell for every row. The Culture-sensitive Attributes table uses consistent spacing and Notes-column alignment.

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This documentation update expands the framework attribute comparison for xUnit v3.

• Documents dynamic skipping, timeout, and explicit-test support.
• Clarifies culture and UI-culture behavior across TUnit, xUnit, and NUnit.
• Uses distinct footnote identifiers, resolving the earlier collision.

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No new actionable findings were identified, and the previous footnote issue is fixed while the other previous thread was resolved after the wording was accepted.

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In `@docs/docs/comparison/attributes.md`:
- Line 74: Rename the culture note reference and its footnote definition from
[^1] to [^3] in the attributes documentation, including the reference near the
comparison text, so the existing [^1] definition remains unique and unambiguous.
- Line 25: Update the comparison table rows corresponding to the TUnit, xUnit,
NUnit, and MSTest entries so each contains a fifth, empty cell matching the
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Review: docs: clarified and updated attributes comparison for xUnit 3

This is a documentation-only change to docs/docs/comparison/attributes.md (attribute comparison table). I compared the diff against TUnit's own source (SkipAttribute.cs, CultureExecutor.cs) to verify the new claims about TUnit's behavior, and checked the new footnotes for accuracy and rendering.

Confirmed accurate:

• Dynamic skip via inheriting SkipAttribute — matches TUnit's implementation.
• [Culture("en-US")] setting both thread culture and UI culture — matches CultureExecutor.cs.
• Footnote syntax ([text][^2]) renders correctly under GFM — the [^ trigger is self-contained and doesn't collide with reference-link syntax, so the earlier footnote-collision concern from prior review threads appears resolved.

One accuracy issue found:

docs/docs/comparison/attributes.md line 31 — footnote [^2] ("Introduced in xUnit.v3") is attached to three different cells: Dynamic Skip (SkipWhen/SkipUnless), Timeout, and Explicit. SkipWhen/SkipUnless and Explicit are genuinely new in xUnit v3, but Timeout on [Fact]/[Theory] has existed since early xUnit v1/v2 (with the well-known caveat that it doesn't actually cancel a running test, it just fails it after the timeout elapses). Tagging Timeout as "introduced in xUnit.v3" alongside the genuinely-new attributes could mislead a reader comparing frameworks into thinking xUnit v2 has no timeout support at all — which runs counter to the PR's stated goal of making the comparison "complete and correct."

Suggested fix: split footnote [^2] so Timeout either has no footnote or a separate one noting it has long existed but is weakly enforced (no true cancellation), while SkipWhen/SkipUnless/Explicit keep the "Introduced in xUnit.v3" footnote.

Everything else in the diff (table formatting, new Notes column, [^1]/[^3] footnotes) looks correct and is a nice improvement in completeness over the previous table. No architectural or design concerns — this is a plain data/content change to a comparison table.

[304NotModified]

Hmm 2 Bot reviews?

Anyway, about the timeout on xUnit 2. This is partially correct, but it doesn't really works like TUnit or xUnit 3, so simplified it as "new". Feel free to suggest another wording without making in too complex. (introduced/updated in xUnit 3 is also an option)

[thomhurst]

Thanks @304NotModified ! I'm not really fussed about comparing with xunit 2 now as it's out of support / deprecated now anyway. Thanks for the contribution!

[304NotModified]

@thomhurst

Thanks for the rapid merge :)

Now I have 20+ notifications, not sure what happened 😅

(But not really an issue)