1 thread, 6:07
2 threads, 3:16
3 threads, 2:37
4 threads, 2:18
5 threads, 2:13
I haven't tested on Windows yet. If you have a Core 2 Duo, Quad Core or other such machine, please give this a whirl. I'm interested in hearing results including what op sys and VM you are running.
It used to take 25:00+ on my 2006 MacBook Pro. So ~2:20 is a nice speed up.
The improvement is due to CobraSharp.dll, -testify-threads:N and new hardware.
How To Invoke
Posix:
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cd workspace/Source
testify -testify-threads:2
Windows:
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cd workspace\Source
testify -testify-threads:2
How It Works
When used, Cobra will build a thread-safe queue of the directories to be run (100-basics, 110-basics-two, 120-classes, etc.), then spawn N worker threads. Each thread will repeatedly grab a directory name from the queue and spawn another cobra.exe process to run -testify on just that directory. After the process is finished, the thread will look for more work to do from the queue, or gracefully end if there is nothing left.
After all threads have joined, the individual results files are concatenated into one and the individual files deleted.
Misc
There is probably room for improvement. For example, the number of tests and failures is not tallied. Also, the code is fresh, so there could be bugs. Patches are welcome.
There is a new -testify-results:filename option if you don't like the "r-testify" default.
