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+From: Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com>\r
+To: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] test: Add `test_emacs_expect_t'.\r
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+On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:52:25 +0000, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote:\r
+> Add a new test function to allow simpler testing of emacs\r
+> functionality.\r
+> \r
+> `test_emacs_expect_t' takes two arguments:\r
+> - the name of the test,\r
+> - some lisp to evaluate.\r
+> \r
+> The test passes if the lisp returns `t', otherwise it fails and the\r
+> output is reported to the tester.\r
+\r
+-1\r
+\r
+This is not what I suggested. I do not like the approach when a single\r
+function is used to both declare a subtest and test for result (as\r
+opposed to test_begin_subtest). The fact that it is possible to write\r
+tests in two different ways makes it hard to maintain and improve the\r
+test framework (one example would be known broken test support). I\r
+consider the proper way to write tests to be using the\r
+test_begin_subtest function. Other functions are not currently\r
+deprecated, but I am against adding new code that make the situation\r
+worse.\r
+\r
+Also, please consider documenting new functions in README.\r
+\r
+Regards,\r
+ Dmitry\r
+\r
+> ---\r
+> test/emacs-test-functions.sh | 8 ++++++++\r
+> test/notmuch-test | 1 +\r
+> test/test-lib.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++\r
+> 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\r
+> create mode 100755 test/emacs-test-functions.sh\r
+> \r
+> diff --git a/test/emacs-test-functions.sh b/test/emacs-test-functions.sh\r
+> new file mode 100755\r
+> index 0000000..969cc78\r
+> --- /dev/null\r
+> +++ b/test/emacs-test-functions.sh\r
+> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@\r
+> +#!/usr/bin/env bash\r
+> +\r
+> +test_description="emacs test function sanity"\r
+> +. test-lib.sh\r
+> +\r
+> +test_emacs_expect_t "emacs test function sanity" 't'\r
+> +\r
+> +test_done\r
+> diff --git a/test/notmuch-test b/test/notmuch-test\r
+> index 6a99ae3..d034f99 100755\r
+> --- a/test/notmuch-test\r
+> +++ b/test/notmuch-test\r
+> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ TESTS="\r
+> python\r
+> hooks\r
+> argument-parsing\r
+> + emacs-test-functions.sh\r
+> "\r
+> TESTS=${NOTMUCH_TESTS:=$TESTS}\r
+> \r
+> diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh\r
+> index 7c9ce24..15da973 100644\r
+> --- a/test/test-lib.sh\r
+> +++ b/test/test-lib.sh\r
+> @@ -503,6 +503,30 @@ test_expect_equal_file ()\r
+> fi\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> +test_emacs_expect_t () {\r
+> + test "$#" = 2 || error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test_emacs_expect_t"\r
+> + test_reset_state_\r
+> + if ! test_skip "$1"\r
+> + then\r
+> + # We cannot call 'test_emacs' in a subshell, because\r
+> + # the setting of EMACS_SERVER would not persist\r
+> + # throughout a sequence of tests, so we use a\r
+> + # temporary file.\r
+> + tmp="$TMPDIR"; if [ -z "$tmp" ]; then tmp=/tmp; fi\r
+> + output="$tmp/test_emacs_output.$$"\r
+> + test_emacs "$2" >"${output}"\r
+> + result=$(cat "${output}")\r
+> + rm -f "${output}"\r
+> +\r
+> + if [ "$result" == t ]\r
+> + then\r
+> + test_ok_ "$1"\r
+> + else\r
+> + test_failure_ "$1" "$(eval printf ${result})"\r
+> + fi\r
+> + fi\r
+> +}\r
+> +\r
+> NOTMUCH_NEW ()\r
+> {\r
+> notmuch new | grep -v -E -e '^Processed [0-9]*( total)? file|Found [0-9]* total file'\r
+> -- \r
+> 1.7.7.3\r
+> \r
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