test262/CONSOLE-RUNNER.md

Using the Console Test Runner

The console test runner is used to test browserless implementations of ECMAScript, e.g., [v8](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine), node, or js24

Requirements

To use the test262.py runner, you must have the following:

• a checkout of the test262 project
• Python 2.7
• the Python YAML library PyYAML
• the javascript engine you intend to test (node, v8, etc.)

Quick Start

To confirm the console test runner is working on a UNIX-like system

test262$ ./tools/packaging/test262.py --command "node" 7.2_A1.1_T1
ch07/7.2/S7.2_A1.1_T1 passed in non-strict mode

test262$

On a Windows system:

Z:\test262>tools\packaging\test262.py --command="node" 7.2_A1.1_T1
ch07\7.2\S7.2_A1.1_T1 passed in non-strict mode


Z:\test262>

If this does not work, see Troubleshooting (below)

Options

Name	Action
-h, --help	displays a brief help message
--command=COMMAND	required command which invokes javascript engine to be tested
--tests=TESTS	path to the test suite; default is current directory
--cat	don't execute tests, just print code that would be run
--summary	generate a summary at end of execution
--full-summary	generate a longer summary with details of test failures
--strict_only	run only tests that are marked onlyStrict
--non_strict_only	run only tests that are marked noStrict
--unmarked_default=MODE	mode to use for tests that are not marked onlyStrict or noStrict ; MODE can be strict or non_strict or both
--logname=LOGNAME	write output to file (in addition to stdout)
--junitname=JUNITNAME	write test results to file in JUnit XML format
--loglevel=LOGLEVEL	set log level, primarily useful for debugging test262.py
--print-handle=FUNC	enable async test logging via javascript function e.g., console.log

Usage Notes

Non-option arguments are used as filters to match test names. If no filters are found, the whole test suite is run.

Example	Result
test262.py --command="node"	run all tests
test262.py --command="node" ch07 ch11	run tests from chapters 7 and 11
test262.py --command="node" 4.4	run all tests with "4.4" in the name

The COMMAND argument can be a quoted string. This is useful when testing ECMAScript6 features in node, because node requires the command-line argument --harmony to enable ES6:

$ test262.py --command="node --harmony" es6

Async Tests

Async tests require a 'print' function to be supplied to the test runner. Here are some good defaults:

Engine	Filename	Print Function
V8/Node	node	console.log
V8/shell	shell	print
SpiderMonkey1	js	print
JavaScriptCore2	jsc	print

Notes:

1. As of 2014-Jul-23, SpiderMonkey does not support Promise in the js executable (see bug 911216 )
2. As of 2014-Jul-23, JavaScriptCore does not support Promise in the jsc executable

Troubleshooting

ImportError: No module named yaml

On Windows, the message "No module named yaml" can mean that the PyYAML library is installed but not found. If you have this problem, you may be able to use yaml interactively from python:

Z:\Code\github\test262>python
ActivePython 2.7.5.6 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 16 2013, 23:16:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import yaml
>>> yaml
<module 'yaml' from 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\yaml\__init__.pyc'>

If you can load yaml interactively but get the ImportError when running test262.py:

Z:\Code\github\test262>tools\packaging\test262.py --command="node --harmony" --p
rint-handle="console.log" ch25
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Z:\Code\github\test262\tools\packaging\test262.py", line 31, in <module>

    from parseTestRecord import parseTestRecord, stripHeader
  File "Z:\Code\github\test262\tools\packaging\parseTestRecord.py", line 20, in
<module>
    import yaml
ImportError: No module named yaml

Then the fix is to explicitly set the PYTHONPATH environment variable. The location may vary from system to system, but it is typically 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages.

set PYTHONPATH=C:\Python27\lib\site-packages