GNU bug report logs - #51037
[PATCH] Make `print-level` & `print-length` customizable in ERT batch tests

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Message #10 received at 51037 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael <sp1ff <at> runbox.com>
Cc: 51037 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51037: [PATCH] Make `print-level` & `print-length`
 customizable in ERT batch tests
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:30:03 +0200

Michael <sp1ff <at> runbox.com> writes:

> When running ERT tests in batch mode, the conservative values
> chosen for `print-level` and `print-length` sometimes make it
> difficult to see what exactly is wrong.  This patch introduces
> two new variables (`ert-batch-print-level` &
> `ert-batch-print-length`) that one can use to customize them;
> e.g.
>
>    emacs -batch -l ert -l my-tests.el \
>          --eval "(let ((ert-batch-print-level 10) \
>                        (ert-batch-print-length 120)) \
>                    (ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit))"

Sounds like a good idea.

> +MESSAGE-FN should normally be nil; it is used for automated
> +self-tests and specify how to display messages."

I don't understand this bit, though.  If you want to test how this
function outputs messages, you can just `cl-letf' like this:

(cl-letf (((symbol-function 'message) ...

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