Re: [Maxima-discuss] nonzero exit on error, was: Writing tests

[Robert D. <rob...@gm...>]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM Leo Butler <Leo...@um...> wrote:

> Yes, it is in current HEAD.

Oh, thanks, that's right, it's enabled by --quit-on-error. I wonder if
we should make the default. What do other systems which allow for
noninteractive processing do?

> $ ./maxima-local -p src/mload.lisp --no-init --batch-string='quit(batch_test("tests/rtest1.mac"));'
> .
> The following 2 problems failed: (183 186)
>
> $ echo $?
> 2

I dunno, I'm not in favor of it. We would want to return a nonzero
code in lots of situations, aside from test cases. I think it makes
sense to have some visibility into the outcomes of test cases, but I
don't think this is it.

best,

Robert