Running a subset of the testsuite



>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier  writes:

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    Robert> --- Raymond Toy  wrote:

    >> Ok, I understand now.  This is acceptable to me.  Since
    >> the variables are already called *testsuite-files* and 
    >> *maxima-testsdir*, it would make sense to leave them
    >> testsuite_files and maxima_testsdir.

    Robert> Well, I'm OK with testsuite_files, but can we make
    Robert> the default directory file_search_tests ? 
    Robert> For consistency with file_search_maxima, file_search_lisp,
    Robert> file_search_demo, and file_search_usage. 
    Robert> Can we also make file_search_tests a list (even if it is
    Robert> a list of one element) ? Again, that is consistent with
    Robert> the existing search directory variables.

This is fine with me.  Since file_seach_maxima and friends contain
patterns, we should also do the same for file_search_tests.  This
allows us to specify the tests by name, without the .mac extension,
which is nice.

Let me see what I can do.  

But I'm not sure if this change should go into 5.9.2, though.


Ray