common-lisplet-over-lambda

common lisp: how to run let-over-lambda tests


I am using the example of Doug Hoyte's and The Phoeron's let-over-lambda to simultaneously build up my understanding of common-lisp packages, of quicklisp and asdf, and of production-level, professional practices for programming at scale in common lisp.

I am able to use the package in ways illustrated below, but haven't yet figured out how to run its tests using similar partially guided guesswork. Details follow.

I found the code here: https://github.com/thephoeron/let-over-lambda. I am using a "firehose" and "incrementally educated guesswork" approach to cram as much as possible into my head as quickly as possible, using this as a trail guide. Of course, this approach is going to leave me with many more fuzzy spots of knowledge along the way than a more structured approach would, but it might get me to the mountain top faster (feel free to disabuse me of this notion).

At my present, rudimentary level of understanding, I can use the package in my own code. For instance, I can write

(load "~/quickload/setup.lisp") (ql:quickload "let-over-lambda") (let-overlambda:flatten '((a . b) c (d e)))

and get

(A B C D E)

I can notice that the package defines a nickname, lol, by reading the defpackage in "package.lisp", namely (abbreviated):

(defpackage #:let-over-lambda (:nicknames #:lol) (:use #:cl #:cl-user #:cl-ppcre)

I can use the nickname:

(lol:flatten '((a . b) c (d e)))
=> (A B C D E)

and even import its exports, getting rid of any need to qualify symbols:

(use:package :lol)
(flatten '((a . b) c (d e)))
=> (A B C D E)

Now, I notice that the repo contains a tantalizing test package and directory, "t":

-rw-r--r-- 1 921 Dec 5 05:27 let-over-lambda-test.asd -rw-r--r-- 1 941 Dec 5 05:27 let-over-lambda.asd -rw-r--r-- 1 17421 Dec 5 05:27 let-over-lambda.lisp -rw-r--r-- 1 1771 Dec 5 05:27 package.lisp drwxr-xr-x 3 102 Dec 5 05:27 t

I haven't been able to figure out how to run the tests, though, and that's my question: how do I do that? Here are some of the things I tried, unsuccessfully, in sbcl 1.3.1:

* (ql:quickload "let-over-lambda-test")

debugger invoked on a QUICKLISP-CLIENT:SYSTEM-NOT-FOUND in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {1002ACC943}>:
  System "let-over-lambda-test" not found

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [CONTINUE] Try again
  1: [ABORT   ] Give up on "let-over-lambda-test"
  2:            Exit debugger, returning to top level.

((LABELS QUICKLISP-CLIENT::RECURSE :IN QUICKLISP-CLIENT::COMPUTE-LOAD-STRATEGY) "let-over-lambda-test")
0] 

and this

* (load "./t/let-over-lambda.lisp")
While evaluating the form starting at line 3, column 0
  of #P"/Users/bbeckman/Documents/let-over-lambda/./t/let-over-lambda.lisp":

debugger invoked on a SB-KERNEL:SIMPLE-PACKAGE-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {1002ACC943}>:
  The name "PROVE" does not designate any package.

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [RETRY   ] Retry EVAL of current toplevel form.
  1: [CONTINUE] Ignore error and continue loading file "/Users/bbeckman/Documents/let-over-lambda/./t/let-over-lambda.lisp".
  2: [ABORT   ] Abort loading file "/Users/bbeckman/Documents/let-over-lambda/./t/let-over-lambda.lisp".
  3:            Exit debugger, returning to top level.

(SB-INT:%FIND-PACKAGE-OR-LOSE "PROVE")
0] 

EDIT: quickloading "prove," as follows, loaded a bunch more cool stuff into my environment, but still left me not knowing how to run the tests. I would have thought that "prove" would be automatically quickloaded as a dependency of the defsystem in "let-over-lambda-test," so this was a minor surprise:

* (ql:quickload "prove")
To load "prove":
  Load 2 ASDF systems:
    alexandria cl-ppcre
  Install 5 Quicklisp releases:
    anaphora cl-ansi-text cl-colors let-plus prove
; Fetching #<URL "http://beta.quicklisp.org/archive/anaphora/2011-06-19/anaphora-0.9.4.tgz">
; 5.02KB
==================================================
5,136 bytes in 0.00 seconds (5015.63KB/sec)
; Fetching #<URL "http://beta.quicklisp.org/archive/let-plus/2013-12-11/let-plus-20131211-git.tgz">
; 10.52KB
==================================================
10,768 bytes in 0.00 seconds (0.00KB/sec)
; Fetching #<URL "http://beta.quicklisp.org/archive/cl-colors/2015-03-02/cl-colors-20150302-git.tgz">
; 14.11KB
==================================================
14,449 bytes in 0.06 seconds (220.47KB/sec)
; Fetching #<URL "http://beta.quicklisp.org/archive/cl-ansi-text/2015-08-04/cl-ansi-text-20150804-git.tgz">
; 5.74KB
==================================================
5,876 bytes in 0.00 seconds (5738.28KB/sec)
; Fetching #<URL "http://beta.quicklisp.org/archive/prove/2015-08-04/prove-20150804-git.tgz">
; 854.08KB
==================================================
874,578 bytes in 3.35 seconds (254.95KB/sec)
; Loading "prove"
[package alexandria.0.dev]........................
..................................................
[package anaphora]................................
[package anaphora-basic]..........................
[package anaphora-symbol].........................
[package let-plus]................................
[package cl-colors]...............................
[package cl-ansi-text]............................
[package prove.output]............................
[package prove.report]............................
[package prove.reporter]..........................
[package prove.asdf]..............................
[package prove.suite].............................
[package prove.test]..............................
[package prove.color].............................
[package prove]...................................
[package prove.reporter.tap]......................
[package prove.reporter.fiveam]...................
[package prove.reporter.list].....................
[package prove.reporter.dot].
("prove")
* (ql:quickload "let-over-lambda-test")

debugger invoked on a QUICKLISP-CLIENT:SYSTEM-NOT-FOUND in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {1002ACC943}>:
  System "let-over-lambda-test" not found

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [CONTINUE] Try again
  1: [ABORT   ] Give up on "let-over-lambda-test"
  2:            Exit debugger, returning to top level.

((LABELS QUICKLISP-CLIENT::RECURSE :IN QUICKLISP-CLIENT::COMPUTE-LOAD-STRATEGY) "let-over-lambda-test")
0] 2

I'd be grateful for any guidance.


Solution

  • The ASDF test-op is defined so evaluating

    (asdf:test-system #:let-over-lambda)
    

    should do the trick. You may need to load the let-over-lambda-test system first.