[PATCH] test: optionally print subtest number
Dmitry Kurochkin
dmitry.kurochkin at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 15:24:23 PST 2011
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:18:16 -0400, David Bremner <david at tethera.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:22:21 -0800, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins at finestructure.net> wrote:
>
> > I've only been vaguely following this "test count" stuff, but I'm not
> > sure I understand what's the point of giving tests a number that is
> > ultimately mutable. Why not just label things by the test name, instead
> > of the count? That wouldn't require keeping track of number/name
> > mapping, which will change over time.
>
> We don't actually have test names, at least not ones directly suitable
> for file names. I guess we could encode them or something, is that what
> you mean?
>
BTW I have some plans to introduce optional explicit test ids that can
be used for inter-test dependencies. E.g.:
test_begin_subtest test-id-1 "A subtest"
....
;; in another test requre that test-id-1 passed
test_require_subtest test-id-1
Regards,
Dmitry
> d
> _______________________________________________
> notmuch mailing list
> notmuch at notmuchmail.org
> http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch
More information about the notmuch
mailing list