Arguments variable in functions is empty when called from mocha it().

[davidkudera]

Example:

var test = function(arg) {
  console.log(arguments);
};

test('first');

describe('tests', function() {
  test('second');

  it('should do something', function() {
    test('third');
  });
});

Console:

Arguments[1] {0: 'first'}
Arguments[1] {0: 'second'}
{}

In browser everything works just fine.

[nathanboktae]

That's because mocha-phantomjs has to marshal your console.log call across to phantomjs, another javascript environment, and arguments isn't an instance of Array, but array like.

try:

console.log(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));

Also see #104 - same core root cause.