nushell/crates/nu-utils/standard_library
Antoine Stevan f9cf1d943c
standard library: use the standard assert and fix test output (#8509)
# Description
## in the `test_dirs` test module
- use the `std assert` function in the `test_dirs` module instead of
`myassert`
- refactor the "test cleaning" in the `clean` command
- allows to clean the tests and then throw a real error in the `catch`
block in case there is an error
- the test still "try"s to `clean` the test directory after the `catch`,
like in a "finally" block
- parse the `catch` error and `error make` a proper one instead of
`debug`ging it => because the `catch` will be triggered as soon as one
error occurs, there will always only be a single error in the tests, so
this does not change the behaviour of failing `dirs` tests!

> **Note**
> i'm not particularly happy with the parsing stage in the `catch`
block.
> however that's the simplest i found to both keep the `try` / `catch`
construct that allows to clean the test directory and have a proper
error at the same time!

## in the global `tests` module
- use `print` instead of `echo` to make sure the log statements show up
during the tests

# User-Facing Changes
```
$nothing
```

# Tests + Formatting
```bash
nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu
```
passes but now with
- proper log statements
- proper error when a `dirs` error occurs => try with `sd 'assert \(1'
"assert (10" crates/nu-utils/standard_library/test_dirs.nu` 😉

# After Submitting
```
$nothing
```
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README.md standard library: add log commands (#8448) 2023-03-18 08:19:54 -05:00
std.nu standard library: add log commands (#8448) 2023-03-18 08:19:54 -05:00
test_dirs.nu standard library: use the standard assert and fix test output (#8509) 2023-03-18 09:23:41 -05:00
test_logger.nu standard library: add log commands (#8448) 2023-03-18 08:19:54 -05:00
test_std.nu Make assert eq, assert ne consistent with ==, != operators (#8473) 2023-03-18 08:59:27 +13:00
tests.nu standard library: add log commands (#8448) 2023-03-18 08:19:54 -05:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of commands to allow anyone to build complex applications using standardized tools gathered incrementally.

In this library, you might find rust-like assert commands to write tests, tools to manipulate paths and strings, etc, etc, ...

🧰 use the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

in order to "import" the standard library to either the interactive REPL of nushell or inside some .nu script, you might want to use the use command!

use /path/to/standard_library/std.nu

🔍 a concrete example

  • my name is @amtoine and i use the ghq tool to manage git projects

Note


ghq stores any repository inside $env.GHQ_ROOT under <host>/<owner>/<repo>/

  • the path to my local fork of nushell is then defined as
let-env NUSHELL_REPO = ($env.GHQ_ROOT | path join "github.com" "amtoine" "nushell")
  • and the full path to the standard library is defined as
let-env STD_LIB = ($env.NUSHELL_REPO | path join "crates" "nu-utils" "standard_library")

see the content of $env.STD_LIB 😋

>_ ls $env.STD_LIB | get name | str replace $env.STD_LIB "" | str trim -l -c "/"
╭───┬───────────╮
│ 0 │ README.md │
│ 1 │ std.nu    │
│ 2 │ tests.nu  │
╰───┴───────────╯
  • finally we can use the standard library and have access to the commands it exposes 👍
>_ use std.nu
>_ help std
Module: std

Exported commands:
  assert (std assert), assert eq (std assert eq), assert ne (std assert ne), match (std match)

This module does not export environment.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

🔧 add new commands

  • add new standard commands to std.nu, or preferably create a new submodule.
  • add associated tests to test_std.nu or preferably to test_<submodule>.nu.
    • define a new exported (!) test_<feature> command
    • import the assert functions you need at the top of the functions, e.g. use std.nu "assert eq"

🧪 run the tests

the following call should return no errors

NU_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG nu /path/to/standard_library/tests.nu

🔍 a concrete example

with STD_LIB defined as in the example above

NU_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG nu ($env.STD_LIB | path join "tests.nu")