Update feature: Test description language (testscript)

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/build2/test/testscript b/build2/test/testscript
index d7a70f6..cf64e49 100644
--- a/build2/test/testscript
+++ b/build2/test/testscript
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ Requirements
 * Ability to pass arguments from build files (how for multiple scripts?)
   Could use $0, $1, $*.
 
+? if/else, loops (we will have ternary operator as part of eval context)
+
+* Multi-line comments (to disable a chunk of test; #\)
+
+* Ability to suppress output (/dev/null)
+
+* Ability not to clean up output (if failed)
+
 Questions
 =========
 
@@ -41,6 +49,13 @@ Questions
   Maybe {}? Will need it not to clean up output files too early. Also var
   scope.
 
+* What if we need to define some global variables for the entire script?
+
+* Ability to include testscripts (for grouping/organization purposes). Also
+  include common definitions?
+
+* Ability to redefine $0 (e.g., to src_base to run scripts)?
+
 Notes
 =====
 
@@ -101,7 +116,7 @@ EOE
 ~ Output file redirects should be relative to out_base. Input? Could actually
   track created out files and use that if exists, and src otherwise. What if
   the test create a file without a redirect? Will need to "register" it
-  somehow for auto-cleanup. Maybe &<file>?
+  somehow for auto-cleanup. Maybe &<file>? Also for directories &<dir>/.
 
 ~ Will there be a way to combine stderr and stdout, could be useful sometimes
   (e.g., order of output relative to diagnostics). 2>& syntax?
@@ -131,3 +146,18 @@ EOE
 ~ line continuation with \
 
 ~ == !=
+
+~ Specify named variables instead/in addition to arguments
+
+  ...: test = test1 test2
+  ...: test.test1.var1 = ...
+
+~ Perhaps the default variable type should be strings, not names? Thought
+  we reverse most things pretty well.
+
+~ CWD should probably be running tests in out_base (so if they create some
+  files).
+
+~ Clean up is tricky: sometimes we may want to keep it, but then how to clean
+  it up later (the test might fail if there is junk present). Maybe create
+  temp directory in out_base and run there? Will also help with parallel runs.