Megatest

    ;;======================================================================
    
    (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*-values (((waitons waitors config)(tests:get-waitons hed all-tests-registry)))























	    (debug:print-info 8 "waitons: " waitons)
	    ;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an
	    ;; error
	    (if (or (member hed waitons)
		    (member hed waitors))
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test " hed " has listed itself as a waiton or waitor, please correct this!")
		  (set! waitons (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitons))
		  (set! waitors (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitors))))
	    
	    ;; (items   (items:get-items-from-config config)))
	    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-records hed #f))
		(hash-table-set! test-records
				 hed (vector hed     ;; 0
					     config  ;; 1
					     waitons ;; 2

						((or (list? items)(list? itemstable)) ;; calc now
						 (debug:print-info 4 "items and itemstable are lists, calc now\n"
								   "    items: " items " itemstable: " itemstable)
						 (items:get-items-from-config config))
						(else #f)))                           ;; not iterated
					     #f      ;; itemsdat 5
					     #f      ;; spare - used for item-path
					     waitors ;; 
					     )))
	    (for-each 
	     (lambda (waiton)
	       (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

			 
		     ;; 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
		     )))
	     (delete-duplicates (append waitons waitors)))
	    (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 0 "res=" res)
	  (cond
	   ((string? res) res) ;;; FIX THE ROOT CAUSE HERE ....
	   ((null? res)   #f)
	   ((string? (cdr res)) (cdr res))  ;; it is a pair
	   ((string? (cadr res))(cadr res)) ;; it is a list
	   (else cadr res))))))

;; returns waitons waitors tconfigdat
;;
(define (tests:get-waitons test-name all-tests-registry)
   (let* ((config  (tests:get-testconfig test-name all-tests-registry 'return-procs)))
     (let ((instr (if config 
		      (config-lookup config "requirements" "waiton")
		      (begin ;; No config means this is a non-existant test
			(debug:print 0 "ERROR: non-existent required test \"" test-name "\"")
			(exit 1))))
	   (instr2 (if config
		       (config-lookup config "requirements" "waitor")
		       "")))
       (debug:print-info 8 "waitons string is " instr ", waitors string is " instr2)
       (let ((newwaitons
	      (string-split (cond
			     ((procedure? instr)
			      (let ((res (instr)))
				(debug:print-info 8 "waiton procedure results in string " res " for test " test-name)
				res))
			     ((string? instr)     instr)
			     (else 
			      ;; NOTE: This is actually the case of *no* waitons! ;; (debug:print 0 "ERROR: something went wrong in processing waitons for test " test-name)
			      ""))))
	     (newwaitors
	      (string-split (cond
			     ((procedure? instr2)
			      (let ((res (instr2)))
				(debug:print-info 8 "waitor procedure results in string " res " for test " test-name)
				res))
			     ((string? instr2)     instr2)
			     (else 
			      ;; NOTE: This is actually the case of *no* waitons! ;; (debug:print 0 "ERROR: something went wrong in processing waitons for test " test-name)
			      "")))))
	 (values
	  ;; the waitons
	  (filter (lambda (x)
		    (if (hash-table-ref/default all-tests-registry x #f)
			#t
			(begin
			  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test " test-name " has unrecognised waiton testname " x)
			  #f)))
		  newwaitons)
	  (filter (lambda (x)
		    (if (hash-table-ref/default all-tests-registry x #f)
			#t
			(begin
			  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test " test-name " has unrecognised waiton testname " x)
			  #f)))
		  newwaitors)
	  config)))))
					     
;; given waiting-test that is waiting on waiton-test extend test-patt appropriately
;;
;;  genlib/testconfig               sim/testconfig
;;  genlib/sch                      sim/sch/cell1
;;
;;  [requirements]                  [requirements]