if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
return test_is_not_dir;
- if (list_empty(&m->run_tests) && list_empty(&m->compile_ok_tests)) {
+ if (list_empty(&m->api_tests)
+ && list_empty(&m->run_tests)
+ && list_empty(&m->compile_ok_tests)) {
if (list_empty(&m->compile_fail_tests))
return "You have no tests in the test directory";
else
{
return talloc_asprintf(m, "%s\n\n"
"CCAN modules have a directory called test/ which contains tests.\n"
- "There are three kinds of tests: run, compile_ok and compile_fail:\n"
+ "There are four kinds of tests: api, run, compile_ok and compile_fail:\n"
"you can tell which type of test a C file is by its name, eg 'run.c'\n"
"and 'run-simple.c' are both run tests.\n\n"
"The simplest kind of test is a run test, which must compile with no\n"
"compile_fail tests are tests which should fail to compile (or emit\n"
"warnings) or link when FAIL is defined, but should compile and link\n"
"when it's not defined: this helps ensure unrelated errors don't make\n"
- "compilation fail.\n\n"
+ "compilation fail.\n"
+ "api tests are just like a run test, except it is a guarantee of API\n"
+ "stability: this test should pass on all future versions of the\n"
+ "module.\n\n"
"Note that the tests are not linked against the files in the\n"
"above: you should directly #include those C files you want. This\n"
"allows access to static functions and use special effects inside\n"