From: Nathaniel Talbott <ntalbott@...>
Date: 2001-12-07T00:26:40+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27692] RE:  Lapidary's return value

Phlip [mailto:phlip_cpp@yahoo.com] wrote:

> Newsgroupies (including, of course, Nathan!):
> 
> Ogle this snip of RubyUnit-based code:
> 
>  def main
> 
>    got = RUNIT::CUI::TestRunner.run(SubstanceAbuse_.suite)
> 
>    if got.error_size == 0 and got.failure_size == 0 then
>       puts "All tests passed!"
>    else
>       exit 1
>    end
> 
>  end
> 
> Call me old-fashioned. I want to return a success or failure
> flag to the environment if my test fails.
> 
> This would let me batch a bunch of tests - including Lapidary
> tests, and "acceptance" tests - together, and get instant 
> death after a clear error message if any of them failed.
> 
> The above does not work in Lapidary because TestRunner.run
> returns stack trash, not a clear useful object to evaluate.
> 
> How do I beat this info out of Lapidary?

Well.... first of all, it does more if you ask nicely :-)

Seriously, though, this is a feature I've found useful myself (those
have the highest incidence of inclusion into Lapidary) and which I have
added support for in the CVS. Currently I would suggest being careful
with the CVS version, as it is in quite a state of flux, but in general
it should be usable (at least all the tests run!) As far as the next
version release, I am working on it, if a bit more slowly than I would
like. Perhaps, like Matz, I'll deliver a Christmas or New Year's present
:-)


Nathaniel

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