Test contract internal functions

Question

I'd like to test a contract internal functions. I used to inherit the contract and test it with truffle but that involved Solidity test files.

Can I do the same with my current stack (hardhat/mocha/ethersjs/typescript) or are there better alternatives?

Thanks

Answer 1

All Solidity development frameworks are subject to the same limitations of Solidity language, so unfortunately there is nothing better.

Answer 2

Looks like there is a plugin for this now: hardhat-exposed; though I didn't try it yet.