GNU Guile unit test framework

GNU Guile unit test framework

[Jan Synáček]

Hello,

does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
"unittest" for Python for example.

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Synáček

Re: GNU Guile unit test framework

[Thompson, David]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
> "unittest" for Python for example.

Guile comes with SRFI-64, a unit testing specification.  See:
http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-64/srfi-64.html

Here's a "real world" example of its use from the Guix project:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/tests/packages.scm

- Dave

Re: GNU Guile unit test framework

[Jan Synáček]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Thompson, David
<dthompson2@worcester.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
>> "unittest" for Python for example.
>
> Guile comes with SRFI-64, a unit testing specification.  See:
> http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-64/srfi-64.html
>
> Here's a "real world" example of its use from the Guix project:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/tests/packages.scm

I *knew* I saw it somewhere:)

Thank you!
-- 
Jan Synáček

Re: GNU Guile unit test framework

[Jan Wedekind]

I am currently using guile-tap [1] which generates output for Automake TAP (Test Anything Protocol). It does not provide mocking though. One could have a look at how Clojure/Midje for that.

[1] https://github.com/wedesoft/guile-tap/blob/master/README.md

On December 3, 2015 2:24:51 PM GMT, "Jan Synáček" <jan.synacek@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Thompson, David
><dthompson2@worcester.edu> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Jan Synáček <jan.synacek@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>>
>>> does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
>>> "unittest" for Python for example.
>>
>> Guile comes with SRFI-64, a unit testing specification.  See:
>> http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-64/srfi-64.html
>>
>> Here's a "real world" example of its use from the Guix project:
>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/tests/packages.scm
>
>I *knew* I saw it somewhere:)
>
>Thank you!

-- 
Jan Wedekind
http://www.wedesoft.de/

Re: GNU Guile unit test framework

[Amirouche Boubekki]

Le 2015-12-03 14:54, Jan Synáček a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
> "unittest" for Python for example.

The unit test framework is srfi-64 [0]. You can find an example use in 
8sync [1]. Mind the fact that it doesn't use `test-group` which can be 
required in complex settings.

For no good reason that I can remember, I use my own testing forms that 
looks like the following:

```
(define-syntax test-check
   (syntax-rules ()
     ((_ title tested-expression expected-result)
      (begin
        (format #true "* Checking ~s" (list title))
        (let* ((expected expected-result)
               (produced tested-expression))
          (if (not (equal? expected produced))
              (begin (format #true "Expected: ~a" (list expected))
                     (format #true "Computed: ~a" (list produced)))))))))


(when (or (getenv "CHECK") (getenv "CHECK_MARKDOWN"))

   (test-check "parse simple paragraph"
               (markdown "something")
               '((p "something"))))

```

HTH



[0] http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-64/srfi-64.html
[1] https://notabug.org/cwebber/8sync/src/master/tests/test-agenda.scm

Re: GNU Guile unit test framework

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Amirouche Boubekki writes:

> Le 2015-12-03 14:54, Jan Synáček a écrit:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
>> "unittest" for Python for example.
>
> The unit test framework is srfi-64 [0]. You can find an example use in 
> 8sync [1]. Mind the fact that it doesn't use `test-group` which can be 
> required in complex settings.
> 
> [...]
>
> [0] http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-64/srfi-64.html
> [1] https://notabug.org/cwebber/8sync/src/master/tests/test-agenda.scm

Yes, I borrowed that pattern from David Thompson (thanks Dave!).

It's a quick and dirty way to do tests.  Things could be better
though... 8sync does not report each individual test's success/failure
count in the final result, just the whole module.

I think we could probably improve upon things.

However, I *do* recommend setting up something like this as early as
absolutely possible.  Moving REPL experiments you hack on into tests as
soon as you verify that they work is a great way to build up tests
without hating doing it.

 - Chris

Re: GNU Guile unit test framework

[Amirouche Boubekki]

Le 2015-12-03 16:42, Christopher Allan Webber a écrit :
> Amirouche Boubekki writes:
> 
>> Le 2015-12-03 14:54, Jan Synáček a écrit:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> does a unit test framework for GNU Guile exist? Something like
>>> "unittest" for Python for example.
>> 
>> The unit test framework is srfi-64 [0]. You can find an example use in
>> 8sync [1]. Mind the fact that it doesn't use `test-group` which can be
>> required in complex settings.
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> [0] http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-64/srfi-64.html
>> [1] https://notabug.org/cwebber/8sync/src/master/tests/test-agenda.scm
> 
> However, I *do* recommend setting up something like this as early as
> absolutely possible.  Moving REPL experiments you hack on into tests as
> soon as you verify that they work is a great way to build up tests
> without hating doing it.

Exactly my thought!

Even tho I don't practice TDD (test before coding) I really value tests 
as
maintainer in the sens that they help moving forward in serenity and as 
a
code reader for instance in 8sync, they are narrow examples of how 
things
works which help to understand the overall program.

Happy hacking!