This directory contains various tests. Some are current; others (unfortunately) not.

In general, before creating a pull request (or for committers, before pushing), you should do the following actions in a shell window, from the ./xvm/ directory:

First, run the "suite" of manual tests:

gradle runAll > new.out

Next, compare the results with the previous results from the suite:

diff old.out new.out

There will be some minor diffs, such as timestamps and elapsed time measures; those are fine. You're looking for any significant diffs. (Welcome to unit testing, 1960s style.) Finally, if you're happy with the results, then save them off:

mv new.out old.out

Once xUnit (WIP) is done, and as we boot-strap more and more of the prototype code into the Ecstasy codebase, this directory will probably be retired (or archived). Unit and functional tests will be (for the most part) embedded in the various libraries that the tests are designed for (see the xUnit @Test annotation).