The console test runner is used to test browserless implementations of ECMAScript, e.g., v8, node, or js24
To use the test262.py
runner, you must have the following:
- a checkout of the test262 project
- Python 2.7
- the Python YAML library PyYAML
- the javascript engine you intend to test (node, v8, etc.)
To confirm the console test runner is working on a UNIX-like system
test262$ ./tools/packaging/test262.py --command "node" 7.2_A1.1_T1
ch07/7.2/S7.2_A1.1_T1 passed in non-strict mode
test262$
On a Windows system:
Z:\test262>tools\packaging\test262.py --command="node" 7.2_A1.1_T1
ch07\7.2\S7.2_A1.1_T1 passed in non-strict mode
Z:\test262>
If this does not work, see Troubleshooting (below)
Name | Action |
---|---|
-h, --help | displays a brief help message |
--command=COMMAND | required command which invokes javascript engine to be tested |
--tests=TESTS | path to the test suite; default is current directory |
--cat | don't execute tests, just print code that would be run |
--summary | generate a summary at end of execution |
--full-summary | generate a longer summary with details of test failures |
--strict_only | run only tests that are marked onlyStrict |
--non_strict_only | run only tests that are marked noStrict |
--unmarked_default=MODE | mode to use for tests that are not marked onlyStrict or noStrict ; MODE can be strict or non_strict or both |
--logname=LOGNAME | write output to file (in addition to stdout) |
--junitname=JUNITNAME | write test results to file in JUnit XML format |
--loglevel=LOGLEVEL | set log level, primarily useful for debugging test262.py |
--print-handle=FUNC | enable async test logging via javascript function e.g., console.log |
Non-option arguments are used as filters to match test names. If no filters are found, the whole test suite is run.
Example | Result |
---|---|
test262.py --command="node" | run all tests |
test262.py --command="node" ch07 ch11 | run tests from chapters 7 and 11 |
test262.py --command="node" 4.4 | run all tests with "4.4" in the name |
The COMMAND argument can be a quoted string. This is useful when testing ECMAScript6 features in node, because node requires the command-line argument --harmony
to enable ES6:
$ test262.py --command="node --harmony" es6
Async tests require a 'print' function to be supplied to the test runner. Here are some good defaults:
Engine | Filename | Print Function |
---|---|---|
V8/Node | node | console.log |
V8/shell | shell | |
SpiderMonkey1 | js | |
JavaScriptCore2 | jsc |
Notes:
- As of 2014-Jul-23, SpiderMonkey does not support Promise in the
js
executable (see bug 911216 ) - As of 2014-Jul-23, JavaScriptCore does not support Promise in the
jsc
executable
On Windows, the message "No module named yaml" can mean that the PyYAML library is installed but not found. If you have this problem, you may be able to use yaml
interactively from python:
Z:\Code\github\test262>python
ActivePython 2.7.5.6 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 16 2013, 23:16:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import yaml
>>> yaml
<module 'yaml' from 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\__init__.pyc'>
If you can load yaml
interactively but get the ImportError
when running test262.py
:
Z:\Code\github\test262>tools\packaging\test262.py --command="node --harmony" --p
rint-handle="console.log" ch25
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Z:\Code\github\test262\tools\packaging\test262.py", line 31, in <module>
from parseTestRecord import parseTestRecord, stripHeader
File "Z:\Code\github\test262\tools\packaging\parseTestRecord.py", line 20, in
<module>
import yaml
ImportError: No module named yaml
Then the fix is to explicitly set the PYTHONPATH environment variable. The location may vary from system to system, but it is typically 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages
.
set PYTHONPATH=C:\Python27\lib\site-packages