rneovim.git/test/functional/legacy/nested_function_spec.lua, branch extregs

test(harness): migrate away from magic globals

2026-07-21T11:22:39+00:00

Problem:
The magic globals `it`, `describe`, etc., are more trouble than they are
worth.

- Hooking into `after_each` requires `getfenv()` hacks.
- They confuse luals/emmylua, because the top-level `.luarc.json` isn't
  merged with `test/.luarc.json` (apparently a luals limitation?)
- They totally defeat discoverability because the user just has to
  "know" about the various magic symbols.

So they harm DX, which means they serve no purpose at all.

Solution:
- Expose the test API from `testutil`, so tests can call `t.it()`,
  `t.describe()`, etc., in the conventional way.
- Drop `getfenv()` hacks.
- Drop the `setfenv()` injection in `load_chunk`.
- Drop `test/_meta.lua`.

test: improve test conventions

2024-04-23T16:17:04+00:00

Specifically, functions that are run in the context of the test runner
are put in module `test/testutil.lua` while the functions that are run
in the context of the test session are put in
`test/functional/testnvim.lua`.

Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.

refactor(test): inject after_each differently

2024-04-10T14:53:50+00:00

test: improve test conventions

2024-04-08T20:51:00+00:00

Work on https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.

functests: Replace execute with either command or feed_command

2017-04-09T00:24:08+00:00

Hope this will make people using feed_command less likely: this hides bugs.
Already found at least two:

1. msgpackparse() will show internal error: hash_add() in case of duplicate
   keys, though it will still work correctly. Currently silenced.
2. ttimeoutlen was spelled incorrectly, resulting in option not being set when
   expected. Test was still functioning somehow though. Currently fixed.

functests: Check logs in lua code

2016-06-10T18:50:49+00:00

It is otherwise impossible to determine which test failed sanitizer/valgrind
check. test/functional/helpers.lua module return was changed so that tests which
do not provide after_each function to get new check will automatically fail.

test/functional: clean up according to luacheck (part 1)

2015-11-23T12:57:21+00:00

vim-patch:750a698

2014-12-27T12:16:54+00:00

Add new files for 7.4.549.

https://code.google.com/p/vim/source/detail?r=750a6986aa86a2bb3346631a353913b899d86748