tester.fs (lib) ☞

The tester.fs library helps you write test assertions.

Usage

Initialise the lib by calling init-tester first. This resets the test error counter (the variable #errors) to 0.

Write test cases between the words T{ and T}, and use -> to delimit the program from the expected stack values.

An example test suite might look like this:

require tester.fs

: run-tests
  T{ 1 2 3 rot     -> 2 3 1   }T
  T{ 4 dup *       -> 16      }T
  T{ 5 6 tuck over -> 6 5 6 5 }T ;

: main
  init-tester
  run-tests
  #errors ? ." failures" ;

Word Index

T{ ( … – )

Marks the start of a test case. Mostly syntactic sugar, but also clears the full stack first.

-> ( … – )

Delimits the code to be tested from the expected stack. Essentially stores the full stack (up to 20 values) so it can be compared against the expected values later.

}T ( … – )

Marks the end of the expected test values (and the test case). This will compare the current stack to the stored stack values (and clear the stack). Increments the #errors variable by 1 in case of mismatch.