Named unittests

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 5/21/19 10:20 AM, Atila Neves wrote:
> On Saturday, 18 May 2019 at 14:56:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 5/18/19 2:20 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 18 May 2019 at 05:49:00 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>>>> Dmd already has -run, so it's not too much of a stretch to change 
>>>> the behaviour of -unittest into the equivalent of today's:
>>>>
>>>>     dmd -unittest -run blah.d
>>>
>>> Actually, right after I went to bed, I realized the solution to 
>>> everyone's problem.
>>>
>>> We all want `-unittest=package,list` to control which tests are run.
>>
>> Doesn't that seem a bit much? It seems to me you either want to run 
>> unittests or not, why run just a few? Going with the typechecking 
>> metaphor - do we want to check some modules but not others?
> 
> I frequently only run a few unit tests - usually the ones that are 
> currently failing. To me at least it's a question of screen real estate 
> and attention.

That's a good argument, thanks.