test blocks in generic classes ignored

[jaegs]

Testing the following code

class X<of T>
  test
    assert false

with

cobra -test foo.cobra

results in 0 failures.

[Charles]

Coming soon.

[Charles]

Fixed in changeset:2839

[Charles]

Note the following:

• Cobra creates shared/static methods for each test block.
• In C# (and probably .NET in general for that matter), shared methods cannot be invoked on generic method defs such as Foo<of T>. Instead the generic type must be instantiated such as Foo<of int>.
• Due to possibilities like generic type constraints and classes whose initializers require arguments, it is not trivial to instantiate an arbitrary generic type.
• To account for this, the test blocks in a generic type are now placed in a non-generic helper class named after the original type.
• Consequently, the test blocks cannot access the shared methods of the original type--other than instantiating the original type with concrete type args, in order to do so.