starting to experimet with a test system...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>

test.js

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+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+*
+*
+*
+**********************************************************************/
+((typeof define)[0]=='u'?function(f){module.exports=f(require)}:define)
+(function(require){ var module={} // make module AMD/node compatible...
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+var object = require('./object')
+
+
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// helpers...
+
+var constructors = function(obj){
+	return Object.entries(obj)
+		.filter(function([k, o]){
+			return k[0] == k[0].toUpperCase() && o.prototype }) }
+
+
+var instances = function(obj){
+	return Object.entries(obj)
+		.filter(function([k, o]){
+			return k[0] == k[0].toLowerCase() && o.constructor }) }
+
+
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+var setups = {
+	basic: function(msg){
+		var X, Y, A, B, C
+		return {
+			X: X = object.Constructor('A'),
+			Y: Y = object.C('Y', { }),
+
+			A: A = object.C('A', Y, { }),
+			B: B = object.C('B', A, { }),
+			C: C = object.C('C', B, { }),
+		} },
+	init: function(msg){
+		return {
+
+		} },
+	call: function(msg){
+		return {
+
+		} },
+	native: function(msg){
+		return {
+
+		} },
+	instances: function(msg){
+		// XXX generate using tests.instance*
+		return {}
+	},
+}
+
+var modifiers = {
+	'as-is': function(msg, setup){
+		return setup }
+}
+
+
+
+var tests = {
+	instance: function(msg, setup, no_new){
+		return constructors(setup) 
+			.reduce(function(res, [k, O]){
+				var o
+				no_new ?
+					console.assert(o = res[k.toLowerCase()] = O(), `${msg}: new:`, k)
+					: console.assert(o = res[k.toLowerCase()] = new O(), `${msg}: new:`, k)
+				console.assert(o instanceof O, `${msg}: instanceof:`, k)
+				console.assert(o.constructor === O, `${msg}: constructor:`, k)
+				console.assert(o.__proto__ === O.prototype, `${msg}: __proto__:`, k)
+				return res }, {}) },
+	instance_no_new: function(msg, setup){
+		return this.instance(msg, setup, true) },
+}
+
+
+// specific independent cases...
+// XXX not sure about these...
+var cases = {
+}
+
+
+
+// XXX need to report stats...
+var runner = function(){
+	// tests...
+	Object.keys(tests)
+		.forEach(function(t){
+			// modifiers...
+			Object.keys(modifiers)
+				.forEach(function(m){
+					// setups...
+					Object.keys(setups)
+						.forEach(function(s){
+							// run the test...
+							msg =`test:${t}.${s}.${m}`
+							tests[t](msg, modifiers[m](msg, setups[s](msg))) }) }) }) 
+	// cases...
+	Object.keys(cases)
+		.forEach(function(c){
+			msg = `case:${c}:`
+			cases[c](msg)
+		})
+}
+
+
+runner()
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                               */ return module })