(defmacro ert-with-message-capture (var &rest body)
- "Execute BODY while collecting anything written with `message' in VAR.
+ "Execute BODY while collecting messages in VAR.
-Capture all messages produced by `message' when it is called from
-Lisp, and concatenate them separated by newlines into one string.
+Capture messages issued by Lisp code and concatenate them
+separated by newlines into one string. This includes messages
+written by `message' as well as objects printed by `print',
+`prin1' and `princ' to the echo area. Messages issued from C
+code using the above mentioned functions will not be captured.
This is useful for separating the issuance of messages by the
code under test from the behavior of the *Messages* buffer."
(declare (debug (symbolp body))
(indent 1))
- (let ((g-advice (gensym)))
+ (let ((g-message-advice (gensym))
+ (g-print-advice (gensym))
+ (g-collector (gensym)))
`(let* ((,var "")
- (,g-advice (lambda (func &rest args)
- (if (or (null args) (equal (car args) ""))
- (apply func args)
- (let ((msg (apply #'format-message args)))
- (setq ,var (concat ,var msg "\n"))
- (funcall func "%s" msg))))))
- (advice-add 'message :around ,g-advice)
+ (,g-collector (lambda (msg) (setq ,var (concat ,var msg))))
+ (,g-message-advice (ert--make-message-advice ,g-collector))
+ (,g-print-advice (ert--make-print-advice ,g-collector)))
+ (advice-add 'message :around ,g-message-advice)
+ (advice-add 'prin1 :around ,g-print-advice)
+ (advice-add 'princ :around ,g-print-advice)
+ (advice-add 'print :around ,g-print-advice)
(unwind-protect
(progn ,@body)
- (advice-remove 'message ,g-advice)))))
+ (advice-remove 'print ,g-print-advice)
+ (advice-remove 'princ ,g-print-advice)
+ (advice-remove 'prin1 ,g-print-advice)
+ (advice-remove 'message ,g-message-advice)))))
+
+(defun ert--make-message-advice (collector)
+ "Create around advice for `message' for `ert-collect-messages'.
+COLLECTOR will be called with the message before it is passed
+to the real `message'."
+ (lambda (func &rest args)
+ (if (or (null args) (equal (car args) ""))
+ (apply func args)
+ (let ((msg (apply #'format-message args)))
+ (funcall collector (concat msg "\n"))
+ (funcall func "%s" msg)))))
+
+(defun ert--make-print-advice (collector)
+ "Create around advice for print functions for `ert-collect-messsges'.
+The created advice function will just call the original function
+unless the output is going to the echo area (when PRINTCHARFUN is
+t or PRINTCHARFUN is nil and `standard-output' is t). If the
+output is destined for the echo area, the advice function will
+convert it to a string and pass it to COLLECTOR first."
+ (lambda (func object &optional printcharfun)
+ (if (not (eq t (or printcharfun standard-output)))
+ (funcall func object printcharfun)
+ (funcall collector (with-output-to-string
+ (funcall func object)))
+ (funcall func object printcharfun))))
(provide 'ert-x)