JS Trace Test Suite * PURPOSE This is a test suite for testing TraceMonkey. All tests are run in the JS shell with tracing enabled (-j). * REQUIREMENTS Python 2.5. This is already a standard requirement for building our tree. * RUNNING THE TESTS Basic usage: python jit_test.py <path-to-js-shell> The progress bar shows [#tests passed, #tests failed, #tests run] at the left. If all tests pass, the output is 'PASSED ALL'. The test suite can be interrupted at any time with Ctrl+C and partial results will be printed. To run only the basic tests, not including the slow tests: python jit_test.py <path-to-js-shell> basic For more options: python jit_test.py -h * CREATING NEW TESTS Simply create a JS file under the 'tests/' directory. Most tests should go in 'tests/basic/'. All tests are run with 'lib/prologue.js' included first on the command line. The command line also creates a global variable 'libdir' that is set to the path of the 'lib' directory. To include a file 'foo.js' from the lib directory in a test case: load(libdir + 'foo.js') * TEST METALINES The first line of a test case can contain a special comment controlling how the test is run. For example: // |jit-test| allow-oom; --no-threads The general format in EBNF is: metaline ::= cookie { item ";" } cookie ::= "|jit-test|" item ::= flag | attribute flag ::= "slow" | "allow-oom" | "valgrind" | "tz-pacific" | "debug" | "--" switch attribute ::= name ":" value name ::= "error" | "exitstatus" value ::= <string> switch ::= <string> The metaline may appear anywhere in the first line of the file: this allows it to be placed inside any kind of comment. The meaning of the items: slow Test runs slowly. Do not run if the --no-slow option is given. allow-oom If the test runs out of memory, it counts as passing. valgrind Run test under valgrind. tz-pacific Always run test with the Pacific time zone (TZ=PST8PDT). error The test should be considered to pass iff it throws the given JS exception. exitstatus The test should exit with the given status value (an integer). debug Run js with -d, whether --jitflags says to or not --SWITCH Pass --SWITCH through to js * END