Re: Testsuite Patches: Part 2: test ranges as args to testsuite

[Akim Demaille]

"Tim Van Holder" <address@hidden> writes:

> Supported:
> 
>   15-: all tests from nr 15 onward
>   -15: all tests up to nr 15
>   15-45: tests 15 through 45
> 
> Example:
> 
>   ./testsuite 40-60 90- -20
> 
> runs 1 -> 20, 40 -> 60, 90 -> end
> 
> 2001-02-11    Tim Van Holder <address@hidden>
> 
>       * tests/atgeneral.m4: Support ranges as testsuite options.

I refrained from doing this to avoid making testsuite too complex, I
personally use my shell to do such things:

~ % echo {1..30}                                                 nostromo 10:25
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

but if people think this might be useful, I wouldn't resist.

Still, I don't think this is what we want.  What we want is to tag the
tests with some keywords, and ask to run the tests that match that
keyword.  E.g.

        ./testsuite --match=autoheader

and have to the tests that run autoheader run.  This is on my TODO
list for the real release of Autotest.