683124 - Add function to xpcshell-test harness to output info text

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Testing :: XPCShell Harness, defect)

Description

[Blair McBride [:Unfocused] (UNAVAILABLE)]

mochitest-browser-chrome tests have an info() function that outputs info text that is unrelated to any pass/fail state. It's useful for tracking where in the test you are, or outputting some state information. 

In xpcshell tests there is dump(), but it has a couple of drawbacks:
* You need to insert the newline yourself
* It's not automatically prepended by TEST-INFO, so you can't always tell what's output from the test vs output from code you're testing (some code modules can output a lot to stdout).

Comment 1

[Blair McBride [:Unfocused] (UNAVAILABLE)]

Attachment: Patch v1

Comment 2

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

Note that we don't display stdout from xpcshell tests by default, only if you're running "check-one" or "check-interactive".

Comment 3

[Blair McBride [:Unfocused] (UNAVAILABLE)]

Yep, this is for those cases. Also when running a group of tests and one fails.

Comment 4

[Blair McBride [:Unfocused] (UNAVAILABLE)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/rev/f9c574a28a7a

Comment 5

[Blair McBride [:Unfocused] (UNAVAILABLE)]

Updated the relevant documentation at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Writing_xpcshell-based_unit_tests

Comment 6

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f9c574a28a7a