NAME

       gnatpython-mainloop  -  command  line interface for testsuite mainloop (in the ACATS/Fixed
       bugs style)

SYNOPSIS

       gnatpython-mainloop [options] test_list_file command_pattern

DESCRIPTION

       gnatpython-mainloop program use  the  MainLoop  package  which  provides  a  class  called
       MainLoop  that  provides  a  generic implementation of a testsuite main loop. Parallelism,
       abortion and time control are the key features.

       Each MainLoop instance controls a set of Workers whose number is set by the user. The list
       of  tasks/tests  to  be  achieved  by  the  workers,  is  provided by a list. The mainloop
       distribute the elements to the the workers when they  have  nothing  to  do.  Usually,  an
       element  is a string identifying the test to be run. An element can also be a list in that
       case the worker will execute sequentially each "subelement".  This case is used to address
       dependency between tests (occurs for example with the ACATS).

       When  a  worker  is  asked  to run a test, the command is executed by calling run_testcase
       (testid). Once a test is finished the function collect_result will be called with test id,
       and process (a gnatpython.ex.Run object) and the job_info as parameters. Both run_testcase
       and collect_result are user defined functions.

       Note also that from the user point view there is no parallelism to handle.  The  two  user
       defined function run_testcase and collect_result are called sequentially.

       Note  that  this  main  page  is  written  using  comments  from  the  code by the package
       maintainer.

OPTIONS

       Options are not documented.

SEE ALSO

       gnatpython-rlimit
              gnatpython-opt-parser

                                         November 7, 2011                  gnatpython-mainloop(1)