rneovim.git/test/unit/eval/encode_spec.lua, branch master

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`.

refactor(shada): rework msgpack decoding without msgpack-c

2024-08-05T09:12:44+00:00

This also makes shada reading slightly faster due to avoiding
some copying and allocation.

Use keysets to drive decoding of msgpack maps for shada entries.

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.

build: enable lintlua for test/unit/ dir #26396

2023-12-04T22:32:39+00:00

Problem:
Not all Lua code is checked by stylua. Automating code-style is an
important mechanism for reducing time spent on accidental
(non-essential) complexity.

Solution:
- Enable lintlua for `test/unit/` directory.
- TODO: only `test/functional/` remains unchecked.

previous: 45fe4d11add933df76a2ea4bf52ce8904f4a778b
previous: 517f0cc634b985057da5b95cf4ad659ee456a77e

unittests: Check core dumps in after_each, like in functests

2017-03-11T20:23:49+00:00

unittests: Run all unit tests in their own processes

2017-03-11T20:23:30+00:00

Used

    sed -r -i -e '/ helpers =/ s/$/\nlocal itp = helpers.gen_itp(it)/; s/^(\s*)it\(/\1itp(/' test/unit/**/*_spec.lua

to alter all tests. Locally they all run fine now.

Reasoning:

1. General: state from one test should not affect other tests.
2. Local: travis build is failing with something which may be an output of
   garbage collector. This should prevent state of the garbage collector from
   interferring as well.

unittests: Add tests for vim_to_object function

2016-06-24T13:53:26+00:00

eval/encode: Fix writing strings starting with NL to list

2016-04-17T23:47:13+00:00

Error [found][1] by oni-link.

[1]: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4131/files#r52239384