From 2338a41409fa6f888119dceb0ab2eb61deabdec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juergba <filodron@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:18:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Instantiate Runner earlier in Mocha constructor

---
 lib/mocha.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/mocha.js b/lib/mocha.js
index aab5604448..97a079046e 100644
--- a/lib/mocha.js
+++ b/lib/mocha.js
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ function Mocha(options) {
       this[opt]();
     }
   }, this);
+
+  this.runner = new exports.Runner(this.suite, options.delay);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -803,10 +805,11 @@ Mocha.prototype.run = function(fn) {
   if (this.files.length) {
     this.loadFiles();
   }
-  var suite = this.suite;
+  // var suite = this.suite;
   var options = this.options;
   options.files = this.files;
-  var runner = new exports.Runner(suite, options.delay);
+  // var runner = new exports.Runner(suite, options.delay);
+  var runner = this.runner;
   createStatsCollector(runner);
   var reporter = new this._reporter(runner, options);
   runner.ignoreLeaks = options.ignoreLeaks !== false;