Bug description

The message counter is checked first before the output text, so we never have a chance to write the updated output file.

Need to flip these two statements:

so this has a chance to run:

Configuration

No response

Command used

python tests/test_functional.py -k abstract --update-functional-output

Pylint output

Failure, depending on if you change the refs

Expected behavior

You can update the refs

Pylint version

pylint 3.3.0-dev0
astroid 3.2.2
Python 3.11.4 (main, Jul 20 2023, 22:46:38) [GCC 9.4.0]

OS / Environment

Ubuntu 20.04

Additional dependencies

No response