Megatest

         ;; (tags-testpatt (if tagexpr (string-join (runs:get-tests-matching-tags tagexpr) ",") #f))
         (testpatt-key  (or (args:get-arg "-modepatt") (args:get-arg "--modepatt") "TESTPATT"))
         (args-testpatt (or (args:get-arg "-testpatt") (args:get-arg "-runtests") "%"))
         (rtestpatt     (if rconf (runconfigs-get rconf testpatt-key) #f)))
    (cond
     ((or (args:get-arg "--modepatt") (args:get-arg "-modepatt")) ;; modepatt is a forced setting, when set it MUST refer to an existing PATT in the runconfig
      (if rconf
	  (let* ((patts-from-mode-patt	  (runconfigs-get rconf testpatt-key)))
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "modepatt defined is: "testpatt-key" runconfigs values for  " testpatt-key " "  patts-from-mode-patt)
	    patts-from-mode-patt)
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* " modepatt defined is: "testpatt-key" runconfigs values for  " testpatt-key) ;;  " " patts-from-mode-patt)
	    #f)))     ;; We do NOT fall back to "%"
     ;; (tags-testpatt
     ;;  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "-tagexpr "tagexpr" selects testpatt "tags-testpatt)
     ;;  tags-testpatt)
     ((and (equal? args-testpatt "%") rtestpatt)
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "testpatt defined in "testpatt-key" from runconfigs: " rtestpatt)
      rtestpatt)
     (else 
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "using testpatt " args-testpatt " rtestpatt:" rtestpatt)
      args-testpatt))))



(define (common:false-on-exception thunk #!key (message #f))
  (handle-exceptions exn
                     (begin
                       (if message

;;======================================================================
;; NMSG AND NEW API
;;======================================================================

;; nm based server experiment, keep around for now.
;;
#;(define (nm:start-server dbconn #!key (given-host-name #f))
  (let* ((srvdat    (start-raw-server given-host-name: given-host-name))
	 (host-name (srvdat-host srvdat))
	 (soc       (srvdat-soc srvdat)))
    
    ;; start the queue processor (save for second round of development)
    ;;
    (thread-start! (make-thread! (lambda ()(queue-processor dbconn) "Queue processor")))

			       host-port: host-port
			       params:    params)))
		  (queue-push cmddat) 		;; put request into the queue
		  (nn-send soc "queued"))         ;; reply with "queued"
		(print "ERROR: ["(common:human-time)"] BAD request " dat))
	    (loop (nn-recv soc)))))
    (nn-close soc)))



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;; D A S H B O A R D   U S E R   V I E W S
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;; first read ~/views.config if it exists, then read $MTRAH/views.config if it exists
;;