Specifically, functions that are run in the context of the test runner
are put in module `test/testutil.lua` while the functions that are run
in the context of the test session are put in
`test/functional/testnvim.lua`.
Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.
Test ":unlet self-referencing node in a List graph #6070" feeds many characters into typeahead, so a timeout of only 100 milliseconds sometimes fails. Change that timeout to 1000 milliseconds.
Problem:
1. Log messages (especially in CI) are hard to correlate with tests.
2. Since b353a5c05f#11886, dumplog() prints the logs next to test
failures. This is noisy and gets in the way of the test results.
Solution:
1. Associate an incrementing id with each test and include it in log
messages.
- FUTURE: add v:name so Nvim instances can be formally "named"?
2. Mention "child" in log messages if the current Nvim is a child (based
on the presence of $NVIM).
BEFORE:
DBG … 12345 UI: event
DBG … 12345 log_server_msg:722: RPC ->ch 1: …
DBG … 12345 UI: flush
DBG … 12345 inbuf_poll:444: blocking... events_enabled=1 events_pending=0
DBG … 23454 UI: stop
INF … 23454 os_exit:594: Nvim exit: 0
AFTER:
DBG … T57 UI: event
DBG … T57 log_server_msg:722: RPC ->ch 1: …
DBG … T57 UI: flush
DBG … T57 inbuf_poll:444: blocking... events_enabled=1 events_pending=0
DBG … T57/child UI: stop
INF … T57/child os_exit:594: Nvim exit: 0
Problem
- `redir_exec` is obsolete, but it keeps getting used in new tests
because people copy existing tests.
- Disadvantages of `redir_exec`:
- Captures extra junk before the actual error/message that we _want_ to test.
- Does not fail on error, unlike e.g. `command()`.
Solution
- Use new functions like `nvim_exec` and `pcall_err`.
Problem:
Subdirectories like "visual", "insert", "normal" encourage people to
separate *related* tests for no good reason. Typically the _mode_ is
not the relevant topic of a test (and when it is, _then_ create
an appropriate describe() or it()).
Solution:
- Delete the various `test/functional/<mode>/` subdirectories, move
their tests to more meaningful topics.
- Rename `…/normal/` to `…/editor/`.
- Move or merge `…/visual/*` and `…/insert/*` tests into here where
appropriate.
- Rename `…/eval/` to `…/vimscript/`.
- Move `…/viml/*` into here also.
* test(reorg): insert/* => editor/mode_insert_spec.lua
* test(reorg): cmdline/* => editor/mode_cmdline_spec.lua
* test(reorg): eval core tests => eval_spec.lua
