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diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README index 0cb526c3b4..b028cd062a 100644 --- a/tests/README +++ b/tests/README @@ -1,7 +1,17 @@ This directory contains tests for various functionality areas of MicroPython. -To run all stable tests, run "run-tests" script in this directory. Note -that bytecode tests are not yet stable and should be run separately in -"bytecode" subdirectory. +To run all stable tests, run "run-tests" script in this directory. + +Tests of capabilities not supported on all platforms should be written +to check for the capability being present. If it is not, the test +should merely output 'SKIP' followed by the line terminator, and call +sys.exit() to raise SystemExit, instead of attempting to test the +missing capability. The testing framework (run-tests in this +directory, test_main.c in qemu_arm) recognizes this as a skipped test. + +There are a few features for which this mechanism cannot be used to +condition a test. The run-tests script uses small scripts in the +feature_check directory to check whether each such feature is present, +and skips the relevant tests if not. When creating new tests, anything that relies on float support should go in the float/ subdirectory. Anything that relies on import x, where x is not a built-in |