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| author | Martin Erlandsson <martin@megabit.se> | 2019-04-16 14:49:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Fabian Jahr <fjahr@protonmail.com> | 2019-10-17 17:53:45 +0200 |
| commit | 9576614d2d91ca946d164dfffca441f8bcbd6e2c (patch) | |
| tree | 17108b66b28083ecf582dc515bb89c49e6bd6e75 /test/functional/README.md | |
| parent | 561a7d30478b82f5d46dcf0f16e864a9608004f4 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-9576614d2d91ca946d164dfffca441f8bcbd6e2c.tar.xz | |
doc: Describe log files + consistent paths in test READMEs
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diff --git a/test/functional/README.md b/test/functional/README.md index 197c2afbe4..a9b83076eb 100644 --- a/test/functional/README.md +++ b/test/functional/README.md @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ #### Example test -The [example_test.py](example_test.py) is a heavily commented example of a test case that uses both -the RPC and P2P interfaces. If you are writing your first test, copy that file -and modify to fit your needs. +The file [test/functional/example_test.py](example_test.py) is a heavily commented example +of a test case that uses both the RPC and P2P interfaces. If you are writing your first test, copy +that file and modify to fit your needs. #### Coverage -Running `test_runner.py` with the `--coverage` argument tracks which RPCs are +Running `test/functional/test_runner.py` with the `--coverage` argument tracks which RPCs are called by the tests and prints a report of uncovered RPCs in the summary. This can be used (along with the `--extended` argument) to find out which RPCs we don't have test cases for. @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ P2P messages. These can be found in the following source files: #### Using the P2P interface -- `messages.py` contains all the definitions for objects that pass +- [messages.py](test_framework/messages.py) contains all the definitions for objects that pass over the network (`CBlock`, `CTransaction`, etc, along with the network-level wrappers for them, `msg_block`, `msg_tx`, etc). @@ -96,32 +96,35 @@ the Bitcoin Core node application logic. For custom behaviour, subclass the P2PInterface object and override the callback methods. - Can be used to write tests where specific P2P protocol behavior is tested. -Examples tests are `p2p_unrequested_blocks.py`, `p2p_compactblocks.py`. +Examples tests are [p2p_unrequested_blocks.py](p2p_unrequested_blocks.py), +[p2p_compactblocks.py](p2p_compactblocks.py). -### test-framework modules +### Test framework modules +The following are useful modules for test developers. They are located in +[test/functional/test_framework/](test_framework). -#### [test_framework/authproxy.py](test_framework/authproxy.py) +#### [authproxy.py](test_framework/authproxy.py) Taken from the [python-bitcoinrpc repository](https://github.com/jgarzik/python-bitcoinrpc). -#### [test_framework/test_framework.py](test_framework/test_framework.py) +#### [test_framework.py](test_framework/test_framework.py) Base class for functional tests. -#### [test_framework/util.py](test_framework/util.py) +#### [util.py](test_framework/util.py) Generally useful functions. -#### [test_framework/mininode.py](test_framework/mininode.py) +#### [mininode.py](test_framework/mininode.py) Basic code to support P2P connectivity to a bitcoind. -#### [test_framework/script.py](test_framework/script.py) +#### [script.py](test_framework/script.py) Utilities for manipulating transaction scripts (originally from python-bitcoinlib) -#### [test_framework/key.py](test_framework/key.py) +#### [key.py](test_framework/key.py) Test-only secp256k1 elliptic curve implementation -#### [test_framework/bignum.py](test_framework/bignum.py) +#### [bignum.py](test_framework/bignum.py) Helpers for script.py -#### [test_framework/blocktools.py](test_framework/blocktools.py) +#### [blocktools.py](test_framework/blocktools.py) Helper functions for creating blocks and transactions. ### Benchmarking with perf |