Open loekgugten opened 2 years ago
We should especially be careful about the interaction between multifile tests and fixtures. I can think of at least three scenario's:
Additionally, I guess we should not allow custom start symbols, as that will likely trip up any analysis strategy anyway.
That said, we should think about the syntax for such a feature. Something I'd like is the following:
module test
multifile test my test name
file foo.ext [[
// foo contents
]]
file bar.ext [[
// bar contents
]]
// etc.
I think that should be unambiguous, as file
entries are properly delimited, and multifile test
suites end at the start of another test (indicated by multifile test
or test
), while rather clean and concise.
Many languages allow programs to import programs from other files. To test things related to importing other files, you need to be able to specify multiple files in a single test case. However, currently you can specify at most one full program (file) in a single SPT test case. So, testing the import feature of languages is not possible with SPT.
A current workaround is adding a language construct to your language that replicates the start of a new file in a single file, but that workaround changes the grammar of a language purely for testing which is not tenable.