GNU bug report logs - #59317
29.0.50; Feature idea: suppress `message' output in ert batch test output

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>
Cc: 59317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59317: 29.0.50; Feature idea: suppress `message' output in
 ert batch test output
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:13:12 +0200

> From: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>
> Cc: 59317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:51:46 -0800
> 
> It looks like the set-message-function(s) hooks are bypassed in
> non-interactive mode.  In that case message3_nolog in xdisp.c calls
> message_to_stderr, instead of calling set_message.  It is set_message
> that ultimately uses the set-message-function machinery.
> 
> After looking at this more I agree with your suspicions.  It looks like
> good amount of C level code calls various message functions without
> going through Fmessage.  Also, I spot no easy way to modify ert.el to
> temporarily redirect stderr elsewhere.  In noninteractive mode Emacs
> seems hard coded to print to stderr.
> 
> I proposed this thinking it would be an easy and simple change.  At this
> point I'm thinking the effort and complexity here isn't worth it.  If
> nobody else wants to champion this idea I'll go ahead and close it.

The only idea I have is to mock-out the relevant functions in the
test.

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