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-rw-r--r--testament/backend.nim16
-rw-r--r--testament/categories.nim267
-rw-r--r--testament/specs.nim257
-rw-r--r--testament/tester.nim205
-rw-r--r--testament/tests/shouldfail/tcolumn.nim2
-rw-r--r--testament/tests/shouldfail/terrormsg.nim2
-rw-r--r--testament/tests/shouldfail/tfile.nim2
-rw-r--r--testament/tests/shouldfail/tline.nim2
8 files changed, 448 insertions, 305 deletions
diff --git a/testament/backend.nim b/testament/backend.nim
index 385f1171c..c2658d6a0 100644
--- a/testament/backend.nim
+++ b/testament/backend.nim
@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@ var
   thisCommit: CommitId
   thisBranch: string
 
-{.experimental.}
-proc `()`(cmd: string{lit}): string = cmd.execProcess.string.strip
-
 proc getMachine*(): MachineId =
-  var name = "hostname"()
+  var name = execProcess("hostname").string.strip
   if name.len == 0:
-    name = when defined(posix): getenv"HOSTNAME".string
-           else: getenv"COMPUTERNAME".string
+    name = when defined(posix): getenv("HOSTNAME").string
+           else: getenv("COMPUTERNAME").string
   if name.len == 0:
     quit "cannot determine the machine name"
 
@@ -35,8 +32,8 @@ proc getMachine*(): MachineId =
 
 proc getCommit(): CommitId =
   const commLen = "commit ".len
-  let hash = "git log -n 1"()[commLen..commLen+10]
-  thisBranch = "git symbolic-ref --short HEAD"()
+  let hash = execProcess("git log -n 1").string.strip[commLen..commLen+10]
+  thisBranch = execProcess("git symbolic-ref --short HEAD").string.strip
   if hash.len == 0 or thisBranch.len == 0: quit "cannot determine git HEAD"
   result = CommitId(hash)
 
@@ -45,8 +42,7 @@ var
   currentCategory: string
   entries: int
 
-proc writeTestResult*(name, category, target,
-                      action, result, expected, given: string) =
+proc writeTestResult*(name, category, target, action, result, expected, given: string) =
   createDir("testresults")
   if currentCategory != category:
     if currentCategory.len > 0:
diff --git a/testament/categories.nim b/testament/categories.nim
index e1f173c26..a72602217 100644
--- a/testament/categories.nim
+++ b/testament/categories.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@
 ## Include for the tester that contains test suites that test special features
 ## of the compiler.
 
+const
+  specialCategories = [
+    "assert",
+    "async",
+    "debugger",
+    "dll",
+    "examples",
+    "flags",
+    "gc",
+    "io",
+    "js",
+    "lib",
+    "longgc",
+    "manyloc",
+    "nimble-all",
+    "nimble-core",
+    "nimble-extra",
+    "niminaction",
+    "rodfiles",
+    "threads",
+    "untestable",
+    "stdlib",
+    "testdata",
+    "nimcache",
+    "coroutines",
+    "osproc",
+    "shouldfail",
+    "dir with space"
+  ]
+
 # included from tester.nim
 # ---------------- ROD file tests ---------------------------------------------
 
@@ -27,7 +57,7 @@ proc delNimCache(filename, options: string) =
 proc runRodFiles(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   template test(filename: string, clearCacheFirst=false) =
     if clearCacheFirst: delNimCache(filename, options)
-    testSpec r, makeTest(rodfilesDir / filename, options, cat, actionRun)
+    testSpec r, makeTest(rodfilesDir / filename, options, cat)
 
 
   # test basic recompilation scheme:
@@ -97,10 +127,12 @@ proc runBasicDLLTest(c, r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
     else:
       ""
 
-  testNoSpec c, makeTest("lib/nimrtl.nim",
-    options & " --app:lib -d:createNimRtl --threads:on", cat, actionCompile)
-  testNoSpec c, makeTest("tests/dll/server.nim",
-    options & " --app:lib -d:useNimRtl --threads:on" & rpath, cat, actionCompile)
+  var test1 = makeTest("lib/nimrtl.nim", options & " --app:lib -d:createNimRtl --threads:on", cat)
+  test1.spec.action = actionCompile
+  testSpec c, test1
+  var test2 = makeTest("tests/dll/server.nim", options & " --app:lib -d:useNimRtl --threads:on" & rpath, cat)
+  test2.spec.action = actionCompile
+  testSpec c, test2
 
   when defined(Windows):
     # windows looks in the dir of the exe (yay!):
@@ -120,7 +152,7 @@ proc runBasicDLLTest(c, r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
     safeCopyFile("lib" / nimrtlDll, "tests/dll" / nimrtlDll)
 
   testSpec r, makeTest("tests/dll/client.nim", options & " -d:useNimRtl --threads:on" & rpath,
-                       cat, actionRun)
+                       cat)
 
 proc dllTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   # dummy compile result:
@@ -138,32 +170,32 @@ proc dllTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
 proc gcTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   template testWithNone(filename: untyped) =
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                  " --gc:none", cat, actionRun)
+                  " --gc:none", cat)
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                  " -d:release --gc:none", cat, actionRun)
+                  " -d:release --gc:none", cat)
 
   template testWithoutMs(filename: untyped) =
-    testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options, cat, actionRun)
+    testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options, cat)
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                  " -d:release", cat, actionRun)
+                  " -d:release", cat)
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                  " -d:release -d:useRealtimeGC", cat, actionRun)
+                  " -d:release -d:useRealtimeGC", cat)
 
   template testWithoutBoehm(filename: untyped) =
     testWithoutMs filename
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                  " --gc:markAndSweep", cat, actionRun)
+                  " --gc:markAndSweep", cat)
     testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                  " -d:release --gc:markAndSweep", cat, actionRun)
+                  " -d:release --gc:markAndSweep", cat)
   template test(filename: untyped) =
     testWithoutBoehm filename
     when not defined(windows) and not defined(android):
       # AR: cannot find any boehm.dll on the net, right now, so disabled
       # for windows:
       testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                    " --gc:boehm", cat, actionRun)
+                    " --gc:boehm", cat)
       testSpec r, makeTest("tests/gc" / filename, options &
-                    " -d:release --gc:boehm", cat, actionRun)
+                    " -d:release --gc:boehm", cat)
 
   testWithoutBoehm "foreign_thr"
   test "gcemscripten"
@@ -196,17 +228,18 @@ proc longGCTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
 
   var c = initResults()
   # According to ioTests, this should compile the file
-  testNoSpec c, makeTest("tests/realtimeGC/shared", options, cat, actionCompile)
-  testC r, makeTest("tests/realtimeGC/cmain", cOptions, cat, actionRun)
-  testSpec r, makeTest("tests/realtimeGC/nmain", options & "--threads: on", cat, actionRun)
+  testSpec c, makeTest("tests/realtimeGC/shared", options, cat)
+  #        ^- why is this not appended to r? Should this be discarded?
+  testC r, makeTest("tests/realtimeGC/cmain", cOptions, cat), actionRun
+  testSpec r, makeTest("tests/realtimeGC/nmain", options & "--threads: on", cat)
 
 # ------------------------- threading tests -----------------------------------
 
 proc threadTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   template test(filename: untyped) =
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat, actionRun)
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:release", cat, actionRun)
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " --tlsEmulation:on", cat, actionRun)
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat)
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:release", cat)
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " --tlsEmulation:on", cat)
   for t in os.walkFiles("tests/threads/t*.nim"):
     test(t)
 
@@ -229,16 +262,16 @@ proc asyncTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
 # ------------------------- debugger tests ------------------------------------
 
 proc debuggerTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
-  testNoSpec r, makeTest("tools/nimgrep", options & " --debugger:on", cat)
+  var t = makeTest("tools/nimgrep", options & " --debugger:on", cat)
+  t.spec.action = actionCompile
+  testSpec r, t
 
 # ------------------------- JS tests ------------------------------------------
 
 proc jsTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   template test(filename: untyped) =
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:nodejs", cat,
-                         actionRun), targetJS
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:nodejs -d:release", cat,
-                         actionRun), targetJS
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:nodejs", cat), {targetJS}
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options & " -d:nodejs -d:release", cat), {targetJS}
 
   for t in os.walkFiles("tests/js/t*.nim"):
     test(t)
@@ -259,14 +292,14 @@ proc jsTests(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
 proc testNimInAction(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   let options = options & " --nilseqs:on"
 
-  template test(filename: untyped, action: untyped) =
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat, action)
+  template test(filename: untyped) =
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat)
 
   template testJS(filename: untyped) =
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat, actionCompile), targetJS
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat), {targetJS}
 
   template testCPP(filename: untyped) =
-    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat, actionCompile), targetCPP
+    testSpec r, makeTest(filename, options, cat), {targetCPP}
 
   let tests = [
     "niminaction/Chapter1/various1",
@@ -298,39 +331,43 @@ proc testNimInAction(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   # edit when making a conscious breaking change, also please try to make your
   # commit message clear and notify me so I can easily compile an errata later.
   const refHashes = @[
-    "51afdfa84b3ca3d810809d6c4e5037ba", "30f07e4cd5eaec981f67868d4e91cfcf",
-    "d14e7c032de36d219c9548066a97e846", "2e40bfd5daadb268268727da91bb4e81",
-    "c5d3853ed0aba04bf6d35ba28a98dca0", "058603145ff92d46c009006b06e5b228",
-    "7b94a029b94ddb7efafddd546c965ff6", "586d74514394e49f2370dfc01dd9e830",
-    "13febc363ed82585f2a60de40ddfefda", "c11a013db35e798f44077bc0763cc86d",
-    "3e32e2c5e9a24bd13375e1cd0467079c", "0b9fe7ba159623d49ae60db18a15037c",
-    "b2dd5293d7f784824bbf9792c6fb51ad", "4c19d8d9026bfe151b31d7007fa3c237",
-    "9415c6a568cfceed08da8378e95b5cd5", "da520038c153f4054cb8cc5faa617714",
-    "e6c6e061b6f77b2475db6fec7abfb7f4", "9a8fe78c588d08018843b64b57409a02",
-    "8b5d28e985c0542163927d253a3e4fc9", "783299b98179cc725f9c46b5e3b5381f",
-    "bc523f9a9921299090bac1af6c958e73", "80f9c3e594a798225046e8a42e990daf"
+    "51afdfa84b3ca3d810809d6c4e5037ba",
+    "30f07e4cd5eaec981f67868d4e91cfcf",
+    "d14e7c032de36d219c9548066a97e846",
+    "b335635562ff26ec0301bdd86356ac0c",
+    "6c4add749fbf50860e2f523f548e6b0e",
+    "76de5833a7cc46f96b006ce51179aeb1",
+    "705eff79844e219b47366bd431658961",
+    "a1e87b881c5eb161553d119be8b52f64",
+    "2d706a6ec68d2973ec7e733e6d5dce50",
+    "c11a013db35e798f44077bc0763cc86d",
+    "3e32e2c5e9a24bd13375e1cd0467079c",
+    "a5452722b2841f0c1db030cf17708955",
+    "dc6c45eb59f8814aaaf7aabdb8962294",
+    "69d208d281a2e7bffd3eaf4bab2309b1",
+    "ec05666cfb60211bedc5e81d4c1caf3d",
+    "da520038c153f4054cb8cc5faa617714",
+    "59906c8cd819cae67476baa90a36b8c1",
+    "9a8fe78c588d08018843b64b57409a02",
+    "8b5d28e985c0542163927d253a3e4fc9",
+    "783299b98179cc725f9c46b5e3b5381f",
+    "1a2b3fba1187c68d6a9bfa66854f3318",
+    "80f9c3e594a798225046e8a42e990daf"
   ]
 
   for i, test in tests:
     let filename = "tests" / test.addFileExt("nim")
     let testHash = getMD5(readFile(filename).string)
     doAssert testHash == refHashes[i], "Nim in Action test " & filename & " was changed."
-
   # Run the tests.
   for testfile in tests:
-    test "tests/" & testfile & ".nim", actionCompile
-
+    test "tests/" & testfile & ".nim"
   let jsFile = "tests/niminaction/Chapter8/canvas/canvas_test.nim"
   testJS jsFile
-
   let cppFile = "tests/niminaction/Chapter8/sfml/sfml_test.nim"
   testCPP cppFile
 
-
 # ------------------------- manyloc -------------------------------------------
-#proc runSpecialTests(r: var TResults, options: string) =
-#  for t in ["lib/packages/docutils/highlite"]:
-#    testSpec(r, t, options)
 
 proc findMainFile(dir: string): string =
   # finds the file belonging to ".nim.cfg"; if there is no such file
@@ -354,27 +391,32 @@ proc manyLoc(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
       if dir.endsWith"named_argument_bug": continue
       let mainfile = findMainFile(dir)
       if mainfile != "":
-        testNoSpec r, makeTest(mainfile, options, cat)
+        var test = makeTest(mainfile, options, cat)
+        test.spec.action = actionCompile
+        testSpec r, test
 
 proc compileExample(r: var TResults, pattern, options: string, cat: Category) =
   for test in os.walkFiles(pattern):
-    testNoSpec r, makeTest(test, options, cat)
+    var test = makeTest(test, options, cat)
+    test.spec.action = actionCompile
+    testSpec r, test
 
 proc testStdlib(r: var TResults, pattern, options: string, cat: Category) =
-  for test in os.walkFiles(pattern):
-    let name = extractFilename(test)
+  for testFile in os.walkFiles(pattern):
+    let name = extractFilename(testFile)
     if name notin disabledFiles:
-      let contents = readFile(test).string
-      if contents.contains("when isMainModule"):
-        testSpec r, makeTest(test, options, cat, actionRunNoSpec)
-      else:
-        testNoSpec r, makeTest(test, options, cat, actionCompile)
+      let contents = readFile(testFile).string
+      var testObj = makeTest(testFile, options, cat)
+      if "when isMainModule" notin contents:
+        testObj.spec.action = actionCompile
+      testSpec r, testObj
 
 # ----------------------------- nimble ----------------------------------------
-type PackageFilter = enum
-  pfCoreOnly
-  pfExtraOnly
-  pfAll
+type
+  PackageFilter = enum
+    pfCoreOnly
+    pfExtraOnly
+    pfAll
 
 var nimbleDir = getEnv("NIMBLE_DIR").string
 if nimbleDir.len == 0: nimbleDir = getHomeDir() / ".nimble"
@@ -404,7 +446,6 @@ proc getPackageDir(package: string): string =
 
 iterator listPackages(filter: PackageFilter): tuple[name, url: string] =
   let packageList = parseFile(packageIndex)
-
   for package in packageList.items():
     let
       name = package["name"].str
@@ -458,24 +499,99 @@ proc testNimblePackages(r: var TResults, cat: Category, filter: PackageFilter) =
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const AdditionalCategories = ["debugger", "examples", "lib"]
+const AdditionalCategories = ["debugger", "examples", "lib", "megatest"]
 
 proc `&.?`(a, b: string): string =
   # candidate for the stdlib?
   result = if b.startswith(a): b else: a & b
 
-#proc `&?.`(a, b: string): string = # not used
-  # candidate for the stdlib?
-  #result = if a.endswith(b): a else: a & b
-
 proc processSingleTest(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options, test: string) =
   let test = "tests" & DirSep &.? cat.string / test
   let target = if cat.string.normalize == "js": targetJS else: targetC
+  if existsFile(test):
+    testSpec r, makeTest(test, options, cat), {target}
+  else:
+    echo "[Warning] - ", test, " test does not exist"
+
+proc isJoinableSpec(spec: TSpec): bool =
+  result = not spec.sortoutput and
+    spec.action == actionRun and
+    not fileExists(spec.file.changeFileExt("cfg")) and
+    not fileExists(parentDir(spec.file) / "nim.cfg") and
+    spec.cmd.len == 0 and
+    spec.err != reDisabled and
+    not spec.unjoinable and
+    spec.exitCode == 0 and
+    spec.input.len == 0 and
+    spec.nimout.len == 0 and
+    spec.outputCheck != ocSubstr and
+    spec.ccodeCheck.len == 0 and
+    (spec.targets == {} or spec.targets == {targetC})
+
+proc norm(s: var string) =
+  while true:
+    let tmp = s.replace("\n\n", "\n")
+    if tmp == s: break
+    s = tmp
+  s = s.strip
+
+proc runJoinedTest(r: var TResults, cat: Category, testsDir: string) =
+  ## returs a list of tests that have problems
+  var specs: seq[TSpec] = @[]
+
+  for kind, dir in walkDir(testsDir):
+    assert testsDir.startsWith(testsDir)
+    let cat = dir[testsDir.len .. ^1]
+    if kind == pcDir and cat notin specialCategories:
+      for file in os.walkFiles(testsDir / cat / "t*.nim"):
+        let spec = parseSpec(file)
+        if isJoinableSpec(spec):
+          specs.add spec
+
+  echo "joinable specs: ", specs.len
+
+  var megatest: string
+  for runSpec in specs:
+    megatest.add "import r\""
+    megatest.add runSpec.file
+    megatest.add "\"\n"
+
+  writeFile("megatest.nim", megatest)
+
+  const args = ["c", "-d:testing", "--listCmd", "megatest.nim"]
+  var (buf, exitCode) = execCmdEx2(command = "nim", args = args, options = {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath}, input = "")
+  if exitCode != 0:
+    echo buf
+    quit("megatest compilation failed")
+
+  (buf, exitCode) = execCmdEx("./megatest")
+  if exitCode != 0:
+    echo buf
+    quit("megatest execution failed")
+
+  norm buf
+  writeFile("outputGotten.txt", buf)
+  var outputExpected = ""
+  for i, runSpec in specs:
+    outputExpected.add runSpec.output.strip
+    outputExpected.add '\n'
+  norm outputExpected
+
+  if buf != outputExpected:
+    writeFile("outputExpected.txt", outputExpected)
+    discard execShellCmd("diff -uNdr outputExpected.txt outputGotten.txt")
+    echo "output different!"
+    quit 1
+  else:
+    echo "output OK"
+    removeFile("outputGotten.txt")
+    removeFile("megatest.nim")
+  #testSpec r, makeTest("megatest", options, cat)
 
-  if existsFile(test): testSpec r, makeTest(test, options, cat), target
-  else: echo "[Warning] - ", test, " test does not exist"
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-proc processCategory(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
+proc processCategory(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options, testsDir: string,
+                     runJoinableTests: bool) =
   case cat.string.normalize
   of "rodfiles":
     when false:
@@ -524,10 +640,17 @@ proc processCategory(r: var TResults, cat: Category, options: string) =
   of "untestable":
     # We can't test it because it depends on a third party.
     discard # TODO: Move untestable tests to someplace else, i.e. nimble repo.
+  of "megatest":
+    runJoinedTest(r, cat, testsDir)
   else:
     var testsRun = 0
     for name in os.walkFiles("tests" & DirSep &.? cat.string / "t*.nim"):
-      testSpec r, makeTest(name, options, cat)
+      var test = makeTest(name, options, cat)
+      if runJoinableTests or not isJoinableSpec(test.spec) or cat.string in specialCategories:
+        discard "run the test"
+      else:
+        test.spec.err = reJoined
+      testSpec r, test
       inc testsRun
     if testsRun == 0:
       echo "[Warning] - Invalid category specified \"", cat.string, "\", no tests were run"
diff --git a/testament/specs.nim b/testament/specs.nim
index 86fc8bed4..df12db543 100644
--- a/testament/specs.nim
+++ b/testament/specs.nim
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@
 
 import parseutils, strutils, os, osproc, streams, parsecfg
 
-
 var compilerPrefix* = "compiler" / "nim"
 
 let isTravis* = existsEnv("TRAVIS")
 let isAppVeyor* = existsEnv("APPVEYOR")
 
-proc cmdTemplate*(): string =
-  compilerPrefix & " $target --hints:on -d:testing --nimblePath:tests/deps $options $file"
-
 type
   TTestAction* = enum
     actionRun = "run"
     actionCompile = "compile"
     actionReject = "reject"
-    actionRunNoSpec = "runNoSpec"
+
+  TOutputCheck* = enum
+    ocIgnore = "ignore"
+    ocEqual  = "equal"
+    ocSubstr = "substr"
 
   TResultEnum* = enum
     reNimcCrash,     # nim compiler seems to have crashed
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ type
     reExeNotFound,
     reInstallFailed     # package installation failed
     reBuildFailed       # package building failed
-    reIgnored,          # test is ignored
+    reDisabled,         # test is disabled
+    reJoined,           # test is disabled because it was joined into the megatest
     reSuccess           # test was successful
+    reInvalidSpec       # test had problems to parse the spec
 
   TTarget* = enum
     targetC = "C"
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ type
     action*: TTestAction
     file*, cmd*: string
     input*: string
-    outp*: string
+    outputCheck*: TOutputCheck
+    sortoutput*: bool
+    output*: string
     line*, column*: int
     tfile*: string
     tline*, tcolumn*: int
@@ -60,9 +64,16 @@ type
     ccodeCheck*: string
     maxCodeSize*: int
     err*: TResultEnum
-    substr*, sortoutput*: bool
     targets*: set[TTarget]
     nimout*: string
+    parseErrors*: string # when the spec definition is invalid, this is not empty.
+    unjoinable*: bool
+
+proc getCmd*(s: TSpec): string =
+  if s.cmd.len == 0:
+    result = compilerPrefix & " $target --hints:on -d:testing --nimblePath:tests/deps $options $file"
+  else:
+    result = s.cmd
 
 const
   targetToExt*: array[TTarget, string] = ["c", "cpp", "m", "js"]
@@ -91,33 +102,6 @@ proc extractSpec(filename: string): string =
 when not defined(nimhygiene):
   {.pragma: inject.}
 
-template parseSpecAux(fillResult: untyped) =
-  var ss = newStringStream(extractSpec(filename))
-  var p {.inject.}: CfgParser
-  open(p, ss, filename, 1)
-  while true:
-    var e {.inject.} = next(p)
-    case e.kind
-    of cfgEof: break
-    of cfgSectionStart, cfgOption, cfgError:
-      echo ignoreMsg(p, e)
-    of cfgKeyValuePair:
-      fillResult
-  close(p)
-
-proc specDefaults*(result: var TSpec) =
-  result.msg = ""
-  result.outp = ""
-  result.nimout = ""
-  result.ccodeCheck = ""
-  result.cmd = cmdTemplate()
-  result.line = 0
-  result.column = 0
-  result.tfile = ""
-  result.tline = 0
-  result.tcolumn = 0
-  result.maxCodeSize = 0
-
 proc parseTargets*(value: string): set[TTarget] =
   for v in value.normalize.splitWhitespace:
     case v
@@ -127,81 +111,134 @@ proc parseTargets*(value: string): set[TTarget] =
     of "js": result.incl(targetJS)
     else: echo "target ignored: " & v
 
+proc addLine*(self: var string; a: string) =
+  self.add a
+  self.add "\n"
+
+proc addLine*(self: var string; a,b: string) =
+  self.add a
+  self.add b
+  self.add "\n"
+
 proc parseSpec*(filename: string): TSpec =
-  specDefaults(result)
   result.file = filename
-  parseSpecAux:
-    case normalize(e.key)
-    of "action":
-      case e.value.normalize
-      of "compile": result.action = actionCompile
-      of "run": result.action = actionRun
-      of "reject": result.action = actionReject
-      else: echo ignoreMsg(p, e)
-    of "file": result.file = e.value
-    of "line": discard parseInt(e.value, result.line)
-    of "column": discard parseInt(e.value, result.column)
-    of "tfile": result.tfile = e.value
-    of "tline": discard parseInt(e.value, result.tline)
-    of "tcolumn": discard parseInt(e.value, result.tcolumn)
-    of "output":
-      result.action = actionRun
-      result.outp = e.value
-    of "input":
-      result.input = e.value
-    of "outputsub":
-      result.action = actionRun
-      result.outp = e.value
-      result.substr = true
-    of "sortoutput":
-      result.sortoutput = parseCfgBool(e.value)
-    of "exitcode":
-      discard parseInt(e.value, result.exitCode)
-      result.action = actionRun
-    of "msg":
-      result.msg = e.value
-      if result.action != actionRun:
-        result.action = actionCompile
-    of "errormsg", "errmsg":
-      result.msg = e.value
-      result.action = actionReject
-    of "nimout":
-      result.nimout = e.value
-    of "disabled":
-      case e.value.normalize
-      of "y", "yes", "true", "1", "on": result.err = reIgnored
-      of "n", "no", "false", "0", "off": discard
-      of "win", "windows":
-        when defined(windows): result.err = reIgnored
-      of "linux":
-        when defined(linux): result.err = reIgnored
-      of "bsd":
-        when defined(bsd): result.err = reIgnored
-      of "macosx":
-        when defined(macosx): result.err = reIgnored
-      of "unix":
-        when defined(unix): result.err = reIgnored
-      of "posix":
-        when defined(posix): result.err = reIgnored
-      of "travis":
-        if isTravis: result.err = reIgnored
-      of "appveyor":
-        if isAppVeyor: result.err = reIgnored
-      else:
-        raise newException(ValueError, "cannot interpret as a bool: " & e.value)
-    of "cmd":
-      if e.value.startsWith("nim "):
-        result.cmd = compilerPrefix & e.value[3..^1]
+  let specStr = extractSpec(filename)
+  var ss = newStringStream(specStr)
+  var p: CfgParser
+  open(p, ss, filename, 1)
+  while true:
+    var e = next(p)
+    case e.kind
+    of cfgKeyValuePair:
+      case normalize(e.key)
+      of "action":
+        case e.value.normalize
+        of "compile":
+          result.action = actionCompile
+        of "run":
+          result.action = actionRun
+        of "reject":
+          result.action = actionReject
+        else:
+          result.parseErrors.addLine "cannot interpret as action: ", e.value
+      of "file":
+        if result.msg.len == 0 and result.nimout.len == 0:
+          result.parseErrors.addLine "errormsg or msg needs to be specified before file"
+        result.file = e.value
+      of "line":
+        if result.msg.len == 0 and result.nimout.len == 0:
+          result.parseErrors.addLine "errormsg, msg or nimout needs to be specified before line"
+        discard parseInt(e.value, result.line)
+      of "column":
+        if result.msg.len == 0 and result.nimout.len == 0:
+          result.parseErrors.addLine "errormsg or msg needs to be specified before column"
+        discard parseInt(e.value, result.column)
+      of "tfile":
+        result.tfile = e.value
+      of "tline":
+        discard parseInt(e.value, result.tline)
+      of "tcolumn":
+        discard parseInt(e.value, result.tcolumn)
+      of "output":
+        result.outputCheck = ocEqual
+        result.output = strip(e.value)
+      of "input":
+        result.input = e.value
+      of "outputsub":
+        result.outputCheck = ocSubstr
+        result.output = strip(e.value)
+      of "sortoutput":
+        try:
+          result.sortoutput  = parseCfgBool(e.value)
+        except:
+          result.parseErrors.addLine getCurrentExceptionMsg()
+      of "exitcode":
+        discard parseInt(e.value, result.exitCode)
+        result.action = actionRun
+      of "msg":
+        result.msg = e.value
+        if result.action != actionRun:
+          result.action = actionCompile
+      of "errormsg", "errmsg":
+        result.msg = e.value
+        result.action = actionReject
+      of "nimout":
+        result.nimout = e.value
+      of "joinable":
+        result.unjoinable = not parseCfgBool(e.value)
+      of "disabled":
+        case e.value.normalize
+        of "y", "yes", "true", "1", "on": result.err = reDisabled
+        of "n", "no", "false", "0", "off": discard
+        of "win", "windows":
+          when defined(windows): result.err = reDisabled
+        of "linux":
+          when defined(linux): result.err = reDisabled
+        of "bsd":
+          when defined(bsd): result.err = reDisabled
+        of "macosx":
+          when defined(macosx): result.err = reDisabled
+        of "unix":
+          when defined(unix): result.err = reDisabled
+        of "posix":
+          when defined(posix): result.err = reDisabled
+        of "travis":
+          if isTravis: result.err = reDisabled
+        of "appveyor":
+          if isAppVeyor: result.err = reDisabled
+        else:
+          result.parseErrors.addLine "cannot interpret as a bool: ", e.value
+      of "cmd":
+        if e.value.startsWith("nim "):
+          result.cmd = compilerPrefix & e.value[3..^1]
+        else:
+          result.cmd = e.value
+      of "ccodecheck":
+        result.ccodeCheck = e.value
+      of "maxcodesize":
+        discard parseInt(e.value, result.maxCodeSize)
+      of "target", "targets":
+        for v in e.value.normalize.splitWhitespace:
+          case v
+          of "c":
+            result.targets.incl(targetC)
+          of "cpp", "c++":
+            result.targets.incl(targetCpp)
+          of "objc":
+            result.targets.incl(targetObjC)
+          of "js":
+            result.targets.incl(targetJS)
+          else:
+            result.parseErrors.addLine "cannot interpret as a target: ", e.value
       else:
-        result.cmd = e.value
-    of "ccodecheck": result.ccodeCheck = e.value
-    of "maxcodesize": discard parseInt(e.value, result.maxCodeSize)
-    of "target", "targets":
-      for v in e.value.normalize.splitWhitespace:
-        case v
-        of "c": result.targets.incl(targetC)
-        of "cpp", "c++": result.targets.incl(targetCpp)
-        of "objc": result.targets.incl(targetObjC)
-        of "js": result.targets.incl(targetJS)
-        else: echo ignoreMsg(p, e)
-    else: echo ignoreMsg(p, e)
+        result.parseErrors.addLine "invalid key for test spec: ", e.key
+
+    of cfgSectionStart:
+      result.parseErrors.addLine "section ignored: ", e.section
+    of cfgOption:
+      result.parseErrors.addLine "command ignored: ", e.key & ": " & e.value
+    of cfgError:
+      result.parseErrors.addLine e.msg
+    of cfgEof:
+      break
+  close(p)
diff --git a/testament/tester.nim b/testament/tester.nim
index 59c0171b4..6d9e05aa9 100644
--- a/testament/tester.nim
+++ b/testament/tester.nim
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import
   algorithm, compiler/nodejs, times, sets, md5
 
 var useColors = true
+var backendLogging = true
 
 const
   resultsFile = "testresults.html"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ Command:
   c|cat|category <category>   run all the tests of a certain category
   r|run <test>                run single test file
   html                        generate $1 from the database
+  stats                       generate statistics about test cases
 Arguments:
   arguments are passed to the compiler
 Options:
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ Options:
   --targets:"c c++ js objc" run tests for specified targets (default: all)
   --nim:path                use a particular nim executable (default: compiler/nim)
   --directory:dir           Change to directory dir before reading the tests or doing anything else.
-  --colors:on|off           turn messagescoloring on|off
+  --colors:on|off           Turn messagescoloring on|off.
+  --backendLogging:on|off   Disable or enable backend logging. By default turned on.
 """ % resultsFile
 
 type
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ type
     name: string
     cat: Category
     options: string
-    action: TTestAction
+    spec: TSpec
     startTime: float
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ proc nimcacheDir(filename, options: string, target: TTarget): string =
 proc callCompiler(cmdTemplate, filename, options: string,
                   target: TTarget, extraOptions=""): TSpec =
   let nimcache = nimcacheDir(filename, options, target)
-  let options = options & " " & ("--nimCache:" & nimcache).quoteShell & extraOptions
+  let options = options & " " & quoteShell("--nimCache:" & nimcache) & extraOptions
   let c = parseCmdLine(cmdTemplate % ["target", targetToCmd[target],
                        "options", options, "file", filename.quoteShell,
                        "filedir", filename.getFileDir()])
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ proc callCompiler(cmdTemplate, filename, options: string,
   close(p)
   result.msg = ""
   result.file = ""
-  result.outp = ""
+  result.output = ""
   result.line = 0
   result.column = 0
   result.tfile = ""
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ proc callCCompiler(cmdTemplate, filename, options: string,
   result.nimout = ""
   result.msg = ""
   result.file = ""
-  result.outp = ""
+  result.output = ""
   result.line = -1
   while outp.readLine(x.TaintedString) or running(p):
     result.nimout.add(x & "\n")
@@ -219,18 +222,21 @@ proc addResult(r: var TResults, test: TTest, target: TTarget,
   let name = test.name.extractFilename & " " & $target & test.options
   let duration = epochTime() - test.startTime
   let durationStr = duration.formatFloat(ffDecimal, precision = 8).align(11)
-  backend.writeTestResult(name = name,
-                          category = test.cat.string,
-                          target = $target,
-                          action = $test.action,
-                          result = $success,
-                          expected = expected,
-                          given = given)
+  if backendLogging:
+    backend.writeTestResult(name = name,
+                            category = test.cat.string,
+                            target = $target,
+                            action = $test.spec.action,
+                            result = $success,
+                            expected = expected,
+                            given = given)
   r.data.addf("$#\t$#\t$#\t$#", name, expected, given, $success)
   if success == reSuccess:
     maybeStyledEcho fgGreen, "PASS: ", fgCyan, alignLeft(name, 60), fgBlue, " (", durationStr, " secs)"
-  elif success == reIgnored:
+  elif success == reDisabled:
     maybeStyledEcho styleDim, fgYellow, "SKIP: ", styleBright, fgCyan, name
+  elif success == reJoined:
+    maybeStyledEcho styleDim, fgYellow, "JOINED: ", styleBright, fgCyan, name
   else:
     maybeStyledEcho styleBright, fgRed, "FAIL: ", fgCyan, name
     maybeStyledEcho styleBright, fgCyan, "Test \"", test.name, "\"", " in category \"", test.cat.string, "\""
@@ -240,11 +246,11 @@ proc addResult(r: var TResults, test: TTest, target: TTarget,
     maybeStyledEcho fgYellow, "Gotten:"
     maybeStyledEcho styleBright, given, "\n"
 
-  if existsEnv("APPVEYOR"):
+  if backendLogging and existsEnv("APPVEYOR"):
     let (outcome, msg) =
       if success == reSuccess:
         ("Passed", "")
-      elif success == reIgnored:
+      elif success in {reDisabled, reJoined}:
         ("Skipped", "")
       else:
         ("Failed", "Failure: " & $success & "\nExpected:\n" & expected & "\n\n" & "Gotten:\n" & given)
@@ -328,11 +334,6 @@ proc nimoutCheck(test: TTest; expectedNimout: string; given: var TSpec) =
       given.err = reMsgsDiffer
       return
 
-proc makeDeterministic(s: string): string =
-  var x = splitLines(s)
-  sort(x, system.cmp)
-  result = join(x, "\n")
-
 proc compilerOutputTests(test: TTest, target: TTarget, given: var TSpec,
                          expected: TSpec; r: var TResults) =
   var expectedmsg: string = ""
@@ -350,75 +351,58 @@ proc compilerOutputTests(test: TTest, target: TTarget, given: var TSpec,
   if given.err == reSuccess: inc(r.passed)
   r.addResult(test, target, expectedmsg, givenmsg, given.err)
 
-proc testSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest, target = targetC) =
-  let tname = test.name.addFileExt(".nim")
-  var expected: TSpec
-  if test.action != actionRunNoSpec:
-    expected = parseSpec(tname)
-    if test.action == actionRun and expected.action == actionCompile:
-      expected.action = actionRun
-  else:
-    specDefaults expected
-    expected.action = actionRunNoSpec
-
-  if expected.err == reIgnored:
-    r.addResult(test, target, "", "", reIgnored)
+proc testSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest, targets: set[TTarget] = {}) =
+  var expected = test.spec
+  if expected.parseErrors.len > 0:
+    # targetC is a lie, but parameter is required
+    r.addResult(test, targetC, "", expected.parseErrors, reInvalidSpec)
+    inc(r.total)
+    return
+  if expected.err in {reDisabled, reJoined}:
+    # targetC is a lie, but parameter is required
+    r.addResult(test, targetC, "", "", expected.err)
     inc(r.skipped)
     inc(r.total)
     return
-
-  if getEnv("NIM_COMPILE_TO_CPP", "false").string == "true" and target == targetC and expected.targets == {}:
-    expected.targets.incl(targetCpp)
-  elif expected.targets == {}:
-    expected.targets.incl(target)
-
+  expected.targets.incl targets
+  # still no target specified at all
+  if expected.targets == {}:
+    if getEnv("NIM_COMPILE_TO_CPP", "false").string == "true":
+      expected.targets = {targetCpp}
+    else:
+      expected.targets = {targetC}
   for target in expected.targets:
     inc(r.total)
-    if target notin targets:
-      r.addResult(test, target, "", "", reIgnored)
-      inc(r.skipped)
-      continue
-
     case expected.action
     of actionCompile:
-      var given = callCompiler(expected.cmd, test.name, test.options, target,
+      var given = callCompiler(expected.getCmd, test.name, test.options, target,
         extraOptions=" --stdout --hint[Path]:off --hint[Processing]:off")
       compilerOutputTests(test, target, given, expected, r)
-    of actionRun, actionRunNoSpec:
+    of actionRun:
       # In this branch of code "early return" pattern is clearer than deep
       # nested conditionals - the empty rows in between to clarify the "danger"
-      var given = callCompiler(expected.cmd, test.name, test.options,
+      var given = callCompiler(expected.getCmd, test.name, test.options,
                                target)
-
-      # echo "expected.cmd: ", expected.cmd
-      # echo "nimout: ", given.nimout
-      # echo "outp:   ", given.outp
-      # echo "msg:    ", given.msg
-      # echo "err:    ", given.err
-
       if given.err != reSuccess:
         r.addResult(test, target, "", given.msg, given.err)
         continue
-
       let isJsTarget = target == targetJS
       var exeFile: string
       if isJsTarget:
-        let (_, file, _) = splitFile(tname)
-        exeFile = nimcacheDir(test.name, test.options, target) / file & ".js"
+        let file = test.name.lastPathPart.changeFileExt("js")
+        exeFile = nimcacheDir(test.name, test.options, target) / file
       else:
-        exeFile = changeFileExt(tname, ExeExt)
+        exeFile = changeFileExt(test.name, ExeExt)
 
       if not existsFile(exeFile):
-        r.addResult(test, target, expected.outp, "executable not found", reExeNotFound)
+        r.addResult(test, target, expected.output, "executable not found", reExeNotFound)
         continue
 
       let nodejs = if isJsTarget: findNodeJs() else: ""
       if isJsTarget and nodejs == "":
-        r.addResult(test, target, expected.outp, "nodejs binary not in PATH",
+        r.addResult(test, target, expected.output, "nodejs binary not in PATH",
                     reExeNotFound)
         continue
-
-
       var exeCmd: string
       var args: seq[string]
       if isJsTarget:
@@ -426,55 +410,44 @@ proc testSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest, target = targetC) =
         args.add exeFile
       else:
         exeCmd = exeFile
-
       var (buf, exitCode) = execCmdEx2(exeCmd, args, options = {poStdErrToStdOut}, input = expected.input)
-
       # Treat all failure codes from nodejs as 1. Older versions of nodejs used
       # to return other codes, but for us it is sufficient to know that it's not 0.
       if exitCode != 0: exitCode = 1
-
-      let bufB = if expected.sortoutput: makeDeterministic(strip(buf.string))
-                 else: strip(buf.string)
-      let expectedOut = strip(expected.outp)
-
+      let bufB =
+        if expected.sortoutput:
+          var x = splitLines(strip(buf.string))
+          sort(x, system.cmp)
+          join(x, "\n")
+        else:
+          strip(buf.string)
       if exitCode != expected.exitCode:
         r.addResult(test, target, "exitcode: " & $expected.exitCode,
                           "exitcode: " & $exitCode & "\n\nOutput:\n" &
                           bufB, reExitCodesDiffer)
         continue
-
-      if bufB != expectedOut and expected.action != actionRunNoSpec:
-        if not (expected.substr and expectedOut in bufB):
-          given.err = reOutputsDiffer
-          r.addResult(test, target, expected.outp, bufB, reOutputsDiffer)
-          continue
-
+      if (expected.outputCheck == ocEqual and expected.output != bufB) or
+         (expected.outputCheck == ocSubstr and expected.output notin bufB):
+        given.err = reOutputsDiffer
+        r.addResult(test, target, expected.output, bufB, reOutputsDiffer)
+        continue
       compilerOutputTests(test, target, given, expected, r)
       continue
-
     of actionReject:
-      var given = callCompiler(expected.cmd, test.name, test.options,
+      var given = callCompiler(expected.getCmd, test.name, test.options,
                                target)
       cmpMsgs(r, expected, given, test, target)
       continue
 
-proc testNoSpec(r: var TResults, test: TTest, target = targetC) =
-  # does not extract the spec because the file is not supposed to have any
-  #let tname = test.name.addFileExt(".nim")
-  inc(r.total)
-  let given = callCompiler(cmdTemplate(), test.name, test.options, target)
-  r.addResult(test, target, "", given.msg, given.err)
-  if given.err == reSuccess: inc(r.passed)
-
-proc testC(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
+proc testC(r: var TResults, test: TTest, action: TTestAction) =
   # runs C code. Doesn't support any specs, just goes by exit code.
   let tname = test.name.addFileExt(".c")
   inc(r.total)
   maybeStyledEcho "Processing ", fgCyan, extractFilename(tname)
-  var given = callCCompiler(cmdTemplate(), test.name & ".c", test.options, targetC)
+  var given = callCCompiler(getCmd(TSpec()), test.name & ".c", test.options, targetC)
   if given.err != reSuccess:
     r.addResult(test, targetC, "", given.msg, given.err)
-  elif test.action == actionRun:
+  elif action == actionRun:
     let exeFile = changeFileExt(test.name, ExeExt)
     var (_, exitCode) = execCmdEx(exeFile, options = {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath})
     if exitCode != 0: given.err = reExitCodesDiffer
@@ -485,7 +458,6 @@ proc testExec(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
   inc(r.total)
   let (outp, errC) = execCmdEx(test.options.strip())
   var given: TSpec
-  specDefaults(given)
   if errC == 0:
     given.err = reSuccess
   else:
@@ -495,11 +467,12 @@ proc testExec(r: var TResults, test: TTest) =
   if given.err == reSuccess: inc(r.passed)
   r.addResult(test, targetC, "", given.msg, given.err)
 
-proc makeTest(test, options: string, cat: Category, action = actionCompile,
-              env: string = ""): TTest =
-  # start with 'actionCompile', will be overwritten in the spec:
-  result = TTest(cat: cat, name: test, options: options,
-                 action: action, startTime: epochTime())
+proc makeTest(test, options: string, cat: Category): TTest =
+  result.cat = cat
+  result.name = test
+  result.options = options
+  result.spec = parseSpec(addFileExt(test, ".nim"))
+  result.startTime = epochTime()
 
 when defined(windows):
   const
@@ -512,10 +485,7 @@ else:
 
 include categories
 
-# proc runCaasTests(r: var TResults) =
-#   for test, output, status, mode in caasTestsRunner():
-#     r.addResult(test, "", output & "-> " & $mode,
-#                 if status: reSuccess else: reOutputsDiffer)
+const testsDir = "tests" & DirSep
 
 proc main() =
   os.putenv "NIMTEST_COLOR", "never"
@@ -524,10 +494,8 @@ proc main() =
   backend.open()
   var optPrintResults = false
   var optFailing = false
-
   var targetsStr = ""
 
-
   var p = initOptParser()
   p.next()
   while p.kind == cmdLongoption:
@@ -538,26 +506,38 @@ proc main() =
     of "targets":
       targetsStr = p.val.string
       targets = parseTargets(targetsStr)
-    of "nim": compilerPrefix = p.val.string
+    of "nim":
+      compilerPrefix = addFileExt(p.val.string, ExeExt)
     of "directory":
       setCurrentDir(p.val.string)
     of "colors":
-      if p.val.string == "on":
+      case p.val.string:
+      of "on":
         useColors = true
-      elif p.val.string == "off":
+      of "off":
         useColors = false
       else:
         quit Usage
+    of "backendlogging":
+      case p.val.string:
+      of "on":
+        backendLogging = true
+      of "off":
+        backendLogging = false
+      else:
+        quit Usage
     else:
       quit Usage
     p.next()
-  if p.kind != cmdArgument: quit Usage
+  if p.kind != cmdArgument:
+    quit Usage
   var action = p.key.string.normalize
   p.next()
   var r = initResults()
   case action
   of "all":
-    let testsDir = "tests" & DirSep
+    #processCategory(r, Category"megatest", p.cmdLineRest.string, testsDir, runJoinableTests = false)
+
     var myself = quoteShell(findExe("testament" / "tester"))
     if targetsStr.len > 0:
       myself &= " " & quoteShell("--targets:" & targetsStr)
@@ -570,14 +550,21 @@ proc main() =
       assert testsDir.startsWith(testsDir)
       let cat = dir[testsDir.len .. ^1]
       if kind == pcDir and cat notin ["testdata", "nimcache"]:
-        cmds.add(myself & " cat " & quoteShell(cat) & rest)
+        cmds.add(myself & " pcat " & quoteShell(cat) & rest)
     for cat in AdditionalCategories:
-      cmds.add(myself & " cat " & quoteShell(cat) & rest)
+      cmds.add(myself & " pcat " & quoteShell(cat) & rest)
     quit osproc.execProcesses(cmds, {poEchoCmd, poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath, poParentStreams})
   of "c", "cat", "category":
     var cat = Category(p.key)
     p.next
-    processCategory(r, cat, p.cmdLineRest.string)
+    processCategory(r, cat, p.cmdLineRest.string, testsDir, runJoinableTests = true)
+  of "pcat":
+    # 'pcat' is used for running a category in parallel. Currently the only
+    # difference is that we don't want to run joinable tests here as they
+    # are covered by the 'megatest' category.
+    var cat = Category(p.key)
+    p.next
+    processCategory(r, cat, p.cmdLineRest.string, testsDir, runJoinableTests = false)
   of "r", "run":
     let (dir, file) = splitPath(p.key.string)
     let (_, subdir) = splitPath(dir)
diff --git a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tcolumn.nim b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tcolumn.nim
index f4046d58d..89482e673 100644
--- a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tcolumn.nim
+++ b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tcolumn.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 discard """
+errormsg: "undeclared identifier: 'undeclared'"
 line: 8
 column: 7
-errormsg: "undeclared identifier: 'undeclared'"
 """
 
 # test should fail because the line directive is wrong
diff --git a/testament/tests/shouldfail/terrormsg.nim b/testament/tests/shouldfail/terrormsg.nim
index 61c08d93d..dbbdf5021 100644
--- a/testament/tests/shouldfail/terrormsg.nim
+++ b/testament/tests/shouldfail/terrormsg.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 discard """
+errormsg: "wrong error message"
 line: 8
 column: 6
-errormsg: "wrong error message"
 """
 
 # test should fail because the line directive is wrong
diff --git a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tfile.nim b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tfile.nim
index 07a526c68..a6c2ad359 100644
--- a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tfile.nim
+++ b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tfile.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 discard """
-file: "notthisfile.nim"
 errmsg: "undeclared identifier: 'undefined'"
+file: "notthisfile.nim"
 """
 
 echo undefined
diff --git a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tline.nim b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tline.nim
index 963e44fc7..f7a09875c 100644
--- a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tline.nim
+++ b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tline.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 discard """
+errormsg: "undeclared identifier: 'undeclared'"
 line: 9
 column: 6
-errormsg: "undeclared identifier: 'undeclared'"
 """
 
 # test should fail because the line directive is wrong