adding some provisions for writing lower-level unit tests targeting specific sub-systems of the compiler

see sigmatch as an example.
tests are compiled only when the compiler is compiled with -d:selftest
to execute them, just run the resulting binary without arguments

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/pure/unittest.nim b/lib/pure/unittest.nim
index 71f4d498b..20f5c610e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/unittest.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/unittest.nim
@@ -98,8 +98,12 @@ template fail* =
 
   when not defined(ECMAScript):
     if AbortOnError: quit(1)
-  
-  TestStatusIMPL = FAILED
+ 
+  when defined(TestStatusIMPL):
+    TestStatusIMPL = FAILED
+  else:
+    program_result += 1
+
   checkpoints = @[]
 
 macro check*(conditions: stmt): stmt {.immediate.} =