Need to call asdf:load-system (or equivalent) from asdf:test-system

[Robert Goldman]

On 29 Dec 2021, at 9:32, Wilfredo Velazquez wrote:

> FYI mostly unrelated 2c - Opening issues for questions is not overkill 
> IMO.
> In fact it serves as a great knowledge base with discussion that is 
> easily
> searchable. Just close the issue when the question is resolved .

That would be fine. I will add "Question" as a ticket label.  GitHub 
also has "discussions" separate from "issues," but GitLab does not have 
this, at least not yet.

>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:52 PM Albus Matt Piroglu 
> <mattapiroglu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Note I have opened an issue on gitlab, but I know it's an overkill to 
>> open
>> issues for questions. I couldn't find an appropriate channel until I 
>> found
>> this mailing list. I'll close the issue, and here is my question for 
>> your
>> consideration:
>>
>>
>> Hi, I'm trying to test a functionality that depends on loading 
>> systems.
>> Thusly I ended up writing some tests that need to load a 
>> "test-system"
>> during the tests, and I clear the system afterwards.
>>
>> A simplified code for the test in question is:
>>
>> (test check-the-system-is-loaded-as-expected ()  (asdf:load-system 
>> "my-test-system-under-test-folder")  (is --check that the system 
>> loaded as expected--)  (asdf:clear-system 
>> "my-test-system-under-test-folder")  (delete-package 
>> "PACKAGE-FROM-TEST-SYSTEM"))
>>
>> and, to clarify, another test relies on the same system not being 
>> loaded,
>> so I don't think a dependency would solve the issue, it is rather a 
>> dynamic
>> decision to load or not.
>>
>> Now, I know that this feature is deprecated and may not work. What 
>> I'm
>> wondering if there's a safer way to achieve this. Wouldn't some tests 
>> for
>> asdf itself need loading some test systems for example? (hmm it 
>> actually
>> might be a good idea to go check them now). OK, for example there's a
>> hello-world-example.asd in test, which looks similar to my
>> my-test-system-under-test-folder.
>>
>> So, instead of asdf:load-system in the above test code, should I be 
>> using
>> a lower-level operation call?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Albus
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Wilfredo Velázquez-Rodríguez