Megatest

	       (if (and waiton (not (member waiton test-names)))
		   (let* ((waiton-record   (hash-table-ref/default test-records waiton #f))
			  (waiton-tconfig  (if waiton-record (vector-ref waiton-record 1) #f))
			  (waiton-itemized (and waiton-tconfig
						(or (hash-table-ref/default waiton-tconfig "items" #f)
						    (hash-table-ref/default waiton-tconfig "itemstable" #f))))
			  (itemmaps        (tests:get-itemmaps config))  ;; (configf:lookup config "requirements" "itemmap"))
			  (new-test-patts  (tests:extend-test-patts test-patts hed waiton itemmaps))) ;; BB: items expanded here
		     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Test " waiton " has " (if waiton-record "a" "no") " waiton-record and" (if waiton-itemized " " " no ") "items")
		     ;; need to account for test-patt here, if I am test "a", selected with a test-patt of "hed/b%"
		     ;; and we are waiting on "waiton" we need to add "waiton/,waiton/b%" to test-patt
		     ;; is this satisfied by merely appending "/" to the waiton name added to the list?
		     ;;
		     ;; This approach causes all of the items in an upstream test to be run 

		     ;; (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names))))) ;; was an append, now a cons
		     )))
	     (delete-duplicates (append waitons waitors)))
	    (let ((remtests (delete-duplicates (append waitons tal))))
	      (if (not (null? remtests))
		  (begin
		    ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Preprocessing continues for " (string-intersperse remtests ", "))
		    (loop (car remtests)(cdr remtests)))))))) ;; end test-names loop

    (if (not (null? required-tests))
	(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Adding \"" (string-intersperse required-tests " ") "\" to the run queue"))
    ;; NOTE: these are all parent tests, items are not expanded yet.
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "test-records=" (hash-table->alist test-records))
    (let ((reglen (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "runqueue")))
      (if (> (length (hash-table-keys test-records)) 0)

;;
(define (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
  (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)      ;; hed
        (runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)      ;; tal
        (runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)      ;; reg
        reruns))                                          ;; reruns

;; objective - iterate thru tests
;;    => want to prioritize tests we haven't seen before
;;    => sometimes need to squeeze things in (added to reg)
;;    => review of a previously seen test is higher priority of never visited test
;; reg - list of previously visited tests
;; tal - list of never visited tests
;;   prefer next hed to be from reg than tal.

(define runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 0)

;; return value of runs:expand-items is passed back to runs-tests-queue and is fed to named loop with this signature:
;;    (let loop ((hed         (car sorted-test-names))
;;	         (tal         (cdr sorted-test-names))
;;	         (reg         '()) ;; registered, put these at the head of tal 
;;	         (reruns      '()))
;; BB: for future reference - suspect target vars are not expanded to env vars at this point (item expansion using [items]\nwhatever [system echo $TARGETVAR] doesnt work right whereas [system echo #{targetvar}] does.. Tal and Randy have tix on this.  on first pass, var not set, on second pass, ok.  
(define (runs:expand-items hed tal reg reruns regfull newtal jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs run-id waitons item-path testmode test-record can-run-more items runname tconfig reglen test-registry test-records itemmaps)
  (let* ((loop-list       (list hed tal reg reruns))
	 (prereqs-not-met (let ((res (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons hed item-path mode: testmode itemmaps: itemmaps)))
			    (if (list? res)
				res
				(begin
				  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*
					       "ERROR: rmt:get-prereqs-not-met returned non-list!\n"
					       "  res=" res " run-id=" run-id " waitons=" waitons " hed=" hed " item-path=" item-path " testmode=" testmode " itemmaps=" itemmaps)
				  '()))))
         (have-itemized (not (null? (lset-intersection eq? testmode '(itemmatch itemwait)))))
	 ;; (prereqs-not-met (mt:lazy-get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons item-path mode: testmode itemmap: itemmap))
	 (fails           (runs:calc-fails prereqs-not-met))
	 (prereq-fails    (runs:calc-prereq-fail prereqs-not-met))
	 (non-completed   (runs:calc-not-completed prereqs-not-met))
	 (runnables       (runs:calc-runnable prereqs-not-met))
         (unexpanded-prereqs
          (filter (lambda (testname)
                    (let* ((test-rec (hash-table-ref test-records testname))
                           (items       (tests:testqueue-get-items  test-rec)))
                      ;;(BB> "HEY " testname "=>"items)
                      (or (procedure? items)(eq? items 'have-procedure))))
                  waitons))


         )
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "START OF INNER COND #2 "
		      "\n can-run-more:    " can-run-more
		      "\n testname:        " hed
		      "\n prereqs-not-met: " (runs:pretty-string prereqs-not-met)
		      "\n non-completed:   " (runs:pretty-string non-completed) 
		      "\n prereq-fails:    " (runs:pretty-string prereq-fails)
		      "\n fails:           " (runs:pretty-string fails)
		      "\n testmode:        " testmode

	    (if (> runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 2)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: this condition is triggered when there were no items to expand and nothing to run. Please check your run for completeness")
		  (exit 0))
		(set! runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count (+ runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 1)))
	    #f)))

     ;; desired result of below cond branch:
     ;;   we want to expand items in our test of interest (hed) in the following cases:
     ;;    case 1 - mode is itemmatch or itemwait: 
     ;;       - all prereq tests have been expanded
     ;;       - at least one prereq's items have completed
     ;;    case 2 - mode is toplevel   
     ;;       - prereqs are completed.
     ;;       - or no prereqs can complete 
     ;;    case 3 - mode not specified 
     ;;       - prereqs are completed and passed (we could consider removing "and passed" -- it would change behavior from current)          
     ((or (null? prereqs-not-met)
	  (and (member 'toplevel testmode)
	       (null? non-completed)))
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "runs:expand-items: (or (null? prereqs-not-met) (and (member 'toplevel testmode)(null? non-completed)))")
      (let ((test-name (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record)))
	(setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name) ;; 
	(setenv "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)

		  (loop (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)
			(runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)
			(runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)
			reruns))))
		  ;; (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns))))

	(runs:incremental-print-results run-id)
	(debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "TOP OF LOOP => "
		     "test-name: " test-name
		     "\n  test-record  " test-record
		     "\n  hed:         " hed
		     "\n  itemdat:     " itemdat
		     "\n  items:       " items
		     "\n  item-path:   " item-path
		     "\n  waitons:     " waitons