Megatest

    ;; now add non-directly referenced dependencies (i.e. waiton)
    ;;======================================================================
    ;; refactoring this block into tests:get-full-data
    ;;
    ;; What happended, this code is now duplicated in tests!?
    ;;
    ;;======================================================================
    
    (if (not (null? test-names))
	(let loop ((hed (car test-names))
		   (tal (cdr test-names)))         ;; 'return-procs tells the config reader to prep running system but return a proc
	  (change-directory *toppath*) ;; PLEASE OPTIMIZE ME!!! I think this should be a no-op but there are several places where change-directories could be happening.
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" hed) ;; 
	  (let* ((config  (tests:get-testconfig hed all-tests-registry 'return-procs))
		 (waitons (let ((instr (if config 

						(else #f)))                           ;; not iterated
					     #f      ;; itemsdat 5
					     #f      ;; spare - used for item-path
					     )))
	    (for-each 
	     (lambda (waiton)
	       (if (and waiton (not (member waiton test-names)))
		   (let* ((new-test-patts  (tests:extend-test-patts test-patts hed waiton #f))
			  (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)))))
		     (debug:print-info 0 "Test " waiton " has " (if waiton-record "no" "a") " 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 

		     ;; if we have this waiton already processed once we can analzye it for extending
		     ;; tests to be run, since we can't properly process waitons unless they have been
		     ;; initially added we add them again to be processed on second round AND add the hed
		     ;; back in to also be processed on second round
		     ;;
		     (if waiton-tconfig
			 (begin
			   (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names)) ;; need to process this one, only add once the waiton tconfig read
			   (if waiton-itemized
			       (begin
				 (debug:print-info 0 "New test patts: " new-test-patts ", prev test patts: " test-patts)

				 (set! required-tests (cons (conc waiton "/") required-tests))
				 (set! test-patts new-test-patts))
			       (begin
				 (debug:print-info 0 "Adding non-itemized test " waiton " to required-tests")
				 (set! required-tests (cons waiton required-tests)))))
			 (begin
			   (debug:print-info 0 "No testconfig info yet for " waiton ", setting up to re-process it")
			   (set! tal (append (cons waiton tal)(list hed))))) ;; (cons (conc waiton "/") required-tests))
			 
		     ;; NOPE: didn't work. required needs to be plain test names. Try tacking on to test-patts
		     ;;  - doesn't work
		     ;; (set! test-patts (conc test-patts "," waiton "/"))
		     
		     ;; (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names))))) ;; was an append, now a cons
		     )))
	     waitons)
	    (let ((remtests (delete-duplicates (append waitons tal))))
	      (if (not (null? remtests))
		  (begin
		    (debug:print-info 0 "Preprocessing continues for " (string-intersperse remtests ", "))
		    (loop (car remtests)(cdr remtests))))))))

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

;; given test-b that is waiting on test-a extend test-patt appropriately
;;
(define (tests:extend-test-patts test-patt test-b test-a itemmap)
  (let* ((patts      (string-split test-patt ","))
	 (test-b-len (+ (string-length test-b) 1))
	 (patts-b    (map (lambda (x)
			    (let ((newpatt (conc test-a "/" (substring x test-b-len (string-length x)))))
			      ;; (print "in map, x=" x ", newpatt=" newpatt)
			      newpatt))
			  (filter (lambda (x)
				    (eq? (substring-index (conc test-b "/") x) 0))
				  patts))))
    (string-intersperse (delete-duplicates (append patts patts-b)) ",")))

;; tests:glob-like-match 
(define (tests:glob-like-match patt str) 
  (let ((like (substring-index "%" patt)))
    (let* ((notpatt  (equal? (substring-index "~" patt) 0))
	   (newpatt  (if notpatt (substring patt 1) patt))
	   (finpatt  (if like
			(string-substitute (regexp "%") ".*" newpatt #f)
			(string-substitute (regexp "\\*") ".*" newpatt #f)))

# Add additional steps here. Format is "stepname script"
[vars]
step1var step1.sh

[ezsteps]
step1 #{get vars step1var}

# Test requirements are specified here
[requirements]
waiton setup
priority 0

# Iteration for your tests are controlled by the items section
[items]
NUMBER #{scheme (string-intersperse (map number->string (sort (let loop ((a 0)(res '()))(if (<= a (or (any->number (get-environment-variable "NUMTESTS")) 2500))(loop (+ a 1)(cons a res)) res)) <)) " ")}

# test_meta is a section for storing additional data on your test