-- Some primitives for tests. -- -- Success indicators go to the terminal; failures go to the window. -- I don't know what I am doing. function check(x, msg) if x then io.write('.') else error(msg) end end function check_nil(x, msg) if x == nil then io.write('.') else error(msg..'; should be nil but got "'..x..'"') end end function check_eq(x, expected, msg) if eq(x, expected) then io.write('.') else error(msg..'; got "'..x..'"') end end function eq(a, b) if type(a) ~= type(b) then return false end if type(a) == 'table' then if #a ~= #b then return false end for k, v in pairs(a) do if b[k] ~= v then return false end end for k, v in pairs(b) do if a[k] ~= v then return false end end return true end return a == b end