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1 files changed, 63 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/testscript.cli b/doc/testscript.cli index 196f3f3..1aff571 100644 --- a/doc/testscript.cli +++ b/doc/testscript.cli @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ sample configuration file. We do these kind of not-test actions with \i{setup} and \i{teardown} commands, for example: \ -+ cat <<EOI >>>hello.conf ; ++cat <<EOI >>>hello.conf; John = Howdy Jane = Good day EOI @@ -285,16 +285,18 @@ is a better way to do it: testscripts can define test groups. For example: { conf = hello.conf - + cat <<EOI >>>$conf + +cat <<EOI >>>$conf John = Howdy Jane = Good day EOI - $* John $conf >\"Howdy, John!\" : custom-greet - $* Jack $conf >\"Hello, Jack!\" : default-greet + $* John ../$conf >\"Howdy, John!\" : custom-greet + $* Jack ../$conf >\"Hello, Jack!\" : default-greet } \ +@@ Need to explain why ../ + A test group is a scope that contains several test/setup/teardown commands. Variables set inside a scope (like our \c{conf}) are only in effect until the end of the scope. Plus, setup and teardown commands that are not part of any @@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ set a test-local variable: : config-greet { conf = hello.conf - + cat <\"Jane = Good day\" >>>$conf ; + +cat <\"Jane = Good day\" >>>$conf; $* Jane $conf >\"Good day, Jane!\" } \ @@ -371,20 +373,27 @@ EOO { conf = hello.conf - + cat <<EOI >>>$conf + +cat <<EOI >>>$conf John = Howdy Jane = Good day EOI - $* John $conf >\"Howdy, John!\" : custom-greet - $* Jack $conf >\"Hello, Jack!\" : default-greet + $* John ../$conf >\"Howdy, John!\" : custom-greet + $* Jack ../$conf >\"Hello, Jack!\" : default-greet .if! $windows $* Jane /dev/null >\"Hello, Jane!\" : config-empty .end } \ -@@ temp directory structure? +@@ Add test.redirects? + +@@ Maybe allow variables in-between test lines (;)? Will have to recognize + semicolon in variable value. + +@@ Maybe $~ for test temp directory. + +@@ temp directory structure (why ../)? @@ how to run individual tests/groups? @@ -531,7 +540,8 @@ expansion) from the Buildfile language. In a sense, testscripts are specialized (for testing) continuations of buildfiles. Except in here-document fragments, leading whitespaces and blank lines are -ignored except for the line/column counts. +ignored except for the line/column counts. A non-empty testscript must +end with a newline. The backslash (\c{\\}) character followed by a newline signals the line continuation. Both this character and the newline are removed (note: not @@ -685,6 +695,40 @@ here-document fragments. @@ Move directives last? \ +script: script-line* + +script-line: + variable-line|test-line + +variable-line: <variable> ('='|'+='|'=+') value-attributes? <value> +value-attributes: '[' <key-value-pairs> ']' + +test-line: + command command-exit? + here-document* + +command-exit: ('=='|'!=') <exit-status> + +command: <path> (' '+ <arg>)* {stdin? stdout? stderr?} + +stdin: '0'? ('<!'|\ + '<' <text>|\ + '<<' <here-end>) + +stdout: '1'? ('>!'|\ + '>' <text>|\ + '>>' <here-end>) + +stderr: '2' ('>!'|\ + '>' <text>|\ + '>>' <here-end>) + +here-document: + <text>* + <here-end> +\ + +\ script: (script-scope|script-line)* @@ -1122,6 +1166,9 @@ commands in order to preserve the setup of test. For example, of a failed test that you are debugging. Also, the setup/teardown and test commands are shown at different verbosity levels (\c{3/-V} and \c{2/-v} respectively). +Setup and teardown commands associeted with the test group are executed +sequenctially in the order specified. + \h#grammar-command-expr|Command Expression| \ @@ -1133,6 +1180,9 @@ evaluation order is always from left to right (left-associative) and both operators have the same precedence and are short-circuiting. Note, however, that short-circuiting does not apply to variable expansion. +The result of the expression is the exit status of the last \c{command-pipe} +executed. + \h#grammar-command-pipe|Command Pipe| @@ -1140,7 +1190,9 @@ that short-circuiting does not apply to variable expansion. command-pipe: command ('|' command)* \ -Commands can also be combined with a pipe. +Commands can also be combined with a pipe. All the piped commands except that +last are expected to succeed with the last command's exit status being the +result of \c{command-pipe}. \h#grammar-command|Command| |