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# Testing Collapse OS
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This folder contains Collapse OS' automated testing suite. To run, it needs
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`tools/emul` to be built. You can run all tests with `make`.
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## zasm
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This folder tests zasm's assembling capabilities by assembling test source files
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and compare the results with expected binaries. These binaries used to be tested
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with a golden standard assembler, scas, but at some point compatibility with
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scas was broken, so we test against previously generated binaries, making those
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tests essentially regression tests.
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Those reference binaries sometimes change, especially when we update code in
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core libraries because some tests include them. In this case, we have to update
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binaries to the new expected value by being extra careful not to introduce a
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regression in test references.
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## unit
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Those tests target specific routines to test and test them using
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`tools/emul/runbin` which:
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1. Loads the specified binary
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2. Runs it until it halts
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3. Verifies that `A` is zero. If it's not, we're in error and we display the
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value of `A`.
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Test source code has no harnessing and is written in a very "hands on" approach.
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At the moment, debugging a test failure is a bit tricky because the error code
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often doesn't tell us much.
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The convention is to keep a `testNum` counter variable around and call
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`nexttest` after each success so that we can easily have an idea of where we
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fail.
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Then, if you need to debug the cause of a failure, well, you're on your own.
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However, there are tricks.
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1. Run `unit/runtests.sh <name of file to test>` to target a specific test unit.
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2. Insert a `halt` to see the value of `A` at any given moment: it will be your
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reported error code (if 0, runbin will report a success).
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## shell
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Those tests are in the form of shell "replay" files. Every ".replay" file in
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this folder contains the contents to type in the shell. That contents is piped
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through the shell and the output is then compared with the corresponding
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".expected" file. If they match exactly, the test passes.
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