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+<meta name="author" content="Peter Aronoff">
+<title>tapered documentation</title>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css" media="screen,projection">
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+<h1>tapered <a href="https://travis-ci.org/telemachus/tapered"><img src="https://travis-ci.org/telemachus/tapered.svg?branch=master" alt="Build Status" /></a> <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/telemachus/tapered"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/telemachus/tapered/branch/master/graph/badge.svg" alt="Coverage" /></a></h1>
+
+<h2>Synopsis</h2>
+
+<p>Very minimal tap testing for Lua. Arguably too minimal.</p>
+
+<h2>Assertions</h2>
+
+<p>The <code>message</code> parameter is always optional. Brief messages help make test output
+clearer to readers, but are not needed if the output goes straight to another
+program for parsing.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p><code>ok(expression, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>expression</code> returns a truthy
+value.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>nok(expression, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>expression</code> returns a falsy
+value.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>is(actual, expected, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>actual</code> is equal to
+<code>expected</code>. The test uses <code>==</code> internally.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>isnt(actual, expected, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>actual</code> is not equal to
+<code>actual</code>. The test uses <code>~=</code> internally.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>same(actual, expected, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>actual</code> is a deep copy
+of <code>expected</code>. The test uses an <code>__eq</code> metamethod if one is found. Useful
+for comparing tables.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>like(string, pattern, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>string</code> matches the given
+<code>pattern</code>.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>unlike(string, pattern, [message])</code> Tests whether <code>string</code> does not match
+the given <code>pattern</code>.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>pass([message])</code> A test that always passes. Useful as a quasi-skip with a
+message.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>fail([message])</code> A test that always fails. Useful as a quasi-TODO with a
+message.</p></li>
+<li><p><code>boom(function, args, [message])</code> Calls <code>function</code> with <code>args</code> as
+parameters and checks to see if an exception is raised. Passes if an
+exception is raised; fails otherwise. (The exception is swallowed.) The
+<code>args</code> parameter expects a table. The table can be empty but not <code>nil</code>.</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h2>Helper method</h2>
+
+<p>A method is available to show how many tests were run. (This output
+is required for <a href="http://testanything.org/tap-specification.html">TAP compliance</a>, which may matter in some cases.)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p><code>done([number])</code> Call this function (optionally) at the end of your test file.
+It will print out a line in the form <code>1..n</code> where <code>n</code> is the total number
+of tests run. This secures TAP compliance when needed. The call to <code>done</code>
+is not otherwise required. If you don&rsquo;t care about TAP compliance, neither does
+the library. If you pass the optional parameter to the method, it will check
+whether the number of tests you expected matches the number of actual tests.
+Thus, if can function like a traditional <code>plan</code> method. However, this method
+should always be called <em>last</em> in your tap file, unlike <code>plan</code> methods which
+normally start the test file.</p>
+
+<p>Another reason to use <code>done</code> is if you care about the exit status of the
+tests. Many continuous integration tools rely on tests signalling success or
+failure via their exit status. After <code>done</code> is called, the script will exit
+with a status of 0, indicating success, if all tests passed. If some tests
+failed, the script will exit with a status equal to the number of failed
+tests, indicating failure. A script will also exit with an error status if
+there is a mismatch between the actual number of tests run and the number
+passed to <code>done</code> as a parameter.</p></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h2>Varia</h2>
+
+<p>The module provides four informational functions that return strings. They
+should be self-explanatory.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p><code>version() -- 2.3.0</code></p></li>
+<li><p><code>author() -- Peter Aronoff</code></p></li>
+<li><p><code>url() -- https://github.com/telemachus/tapered.git</code></p></li>
+<li><p><code>license() -- BSD 3-Clause</code></p></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h2>Credits</h2>
+
+<p>For the <code>same</code> method I took ideas and code from <a href="https://github.com/stevedonovan/Penlight">Penlight</a>, <a href="https://github.com/mirven/underscore.lua">Underscore</a>,
+<a href="https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/luassert">luassert</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/catwell/cwtest">cwtest</a>. I thank all the people who worked on those.</p>
+
+<p>Indirect inspirations include <a href="https://github.com/chneukirchen/knock">knock</a>, <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Test::More">Test::More</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/sstephenson/bats">bats</a>—not so
+much for code as for ideas about testing and simplicity.</p>
+
+<p>Thanks in particular to <a href="https://twitter.com/pchapuis">Pierre Chapuis</a> for help with ideas and
+getting continuous integration for tapered.</p>
+
+<p>An anonymous email showed me that my setup and teardown methods had a logical
+flaw. As a result, I&rsquo;ve removed those methods. I appreciate the report.</p>
+
+<p>All the mistakes are mine. See <a href="changes.html">version history</a> for release details.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p>&copy; 2012-2017 Peter Aronoff. BSD 3-Clause license; see <a href="license.html">the license</a> for
+details.</p>
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