* tests: automated headless FreeDOS QEMU smoke Fully-automated counterpart to the manual run_freedos_qemu.sh: overlays the FreeDOS image (no mutation), stages the interpreter and a SYSTEM-terminated smoke on C:, injects the run plus poweroff into the image's startup batch, boots headless, and diffs OUT.TXT against the golden file. Local-dev only (needs qemu, a FreeDOS qcow2, mtools, nbd, and passwordless sudo); CI keeps using the DOSBox-X path. Exercises the binary on a real FreeDOS install rather than DOSBox-X emulation. * Release 0.18.0 Cross-language linking (link BASIC into C/Fortran, call C from BASIC via '$EXTERN), the v0.18 codegen/perf batch (paren string-comparison fix, --no-gc-check/--fast-math, larger 32-bit caps, process-local DATE$/TIME$), and the automated FreeDOS QEMU smoke. Bumps GW_VERSION and updates the banners, CHANGES.TXT, and the development history table. --------- Co-authored-by: Eremey Valetov <evvaletov@users.noreply.github.com>
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Development
Development History
| Version | Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | d8e8375 |
Expression calculator with direct mode |
| 0.2.0 | 6162595 |
Variables, arrays, program storage, control flow |
| 0.3.0 | c2d73e9 |
File I/O, PRINT USING, SAVE/LOAD, MID$ assignment, graphics stubs |
| 0.4.0 | df5c308 |
CHAIN, RUN "file", random-access I/O (FIELD/PUT/GET), CVI/CVS/CVD/MKI$/MKS$/MKD$ |
| 0.5.0 | ad21350 |
Full-screen TUI editor, KEY statement, Ctrl+Break, Sixel graphics, SOUND/BEEP/PLAY, DOSBox-X compat testing, project rename |
| 0.6.0 | ece018d |
DATE$/TIME$/TIMER, FILES, SHELL, CHDIR, MKDIR, RMDIR |
| 0.7.0 | da6b513 |
AUTO, RENUM (with GOTO/GOSUB patching), DELETE, COMMON, LIST range fix |
| 0.8.0 | c68167c |
Dynamic TUI screen buffer, --full flag, LPRINT/LLIST with --lpt |
| 0.9.0 | 2a8f98b |
EDIT statement, ON TIMER/ON KEY event trapping, F-key escape parser fixes |
| 0.10.0 | Binary tokenized SAVE/LOAD, INKEY$ extended key sequences, golden-file regression tests, classic BASIC programs | |
| 0.11.0 | DEF SEG / PEEK / POKE virtual memory, GET/PUT graphics sprites, PRINT USING fixes | |
| 0.12.0 | BSAVE/BLOAD, TUI ANSI 16-color rendering, CGA graphics framebuffer PEEK/POKE, keyboard shift flags | |
| 0.13.0 | VIEW/WINDOW/PALETTE graphics, PMAP function, MBF float format for CVS/CVD/MKS$/MKD$ | |
| 0.14.0 | MBF binary file compatibility (IEEE↔MBF at save/load boundary), fix binary loader null-byte truncation, fix DRAW M/S/A bugs, add TA/=var;/X substring | |
| 0.15.0 | Hardware I/O simulator, gap-fill (100% token coverage), string pool + compacting GC, Jupyter kernel (Sixel graphics, INPUT, Pygments), ahead-of-time compiler Phase 1 | |
| 0.16.0 | AOT compiler: all eligible tests pass (100%). CHAIN/COMMON/RUN "file" via runtime delegation, token embedding, string comparison, division-by-zero detection, FIELD read-back, graphics, file I/O delegation, RNG matching, dead code elimination | |
| 0.17.0 | 981aeab |
Compiler memory safety (--warn, --safe, --safe=sanitize); 16-bit real-mode DOS target (Makefile.dos16, far-heap TUI screen buffer); 32-bit DOS/4GW target (Makefile.dos); FreeDOS 1.4 compatibility |
| 0.18.0 | 89fe0fb |
Cross-language linking: link BASIC objects into a C/Fortran project (--emit-obj/--main-name) and call C functions from BASIC ('$EXTERN FFI pragma); codegen parenthesized-string-comparison fix; --no-gc-check/--fast-math; larger 32-bit static caps; process-local DATE$/TIME$ assignment |
Tests
72 automated test programs in tests/programs/, plus 4 classic interactive
programs in tests/classic/ (Hamurabi, Lunar Lander, Gunner, Diamond from
David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games). 14 Jupyter kernel tests. 63 compiler
tests (eligible programs compiled to native executables via
gwbasic-compile; run bash tests/run_compiler_tests.sh).
Run the full automated suite:
bash tests/run_tests.sh # interpreter (72 tests)
python -m gwbasickernel.test_kernel # Jupyter kernel (14 tests)
Each interpreter test has a 5-second timeout. 68 tests have .expected golden
files for output regression detection. Tests without golden comparison:
datetime, on_timer, timer_stop (timing-dependent), color_test (visual).
Compatibility Testing
Compare output against real GWBASIC.EXE running under DOSBox-X:
# Generate .expected files from GWBASIC.EXE (requires DOSBox-X Flatpak)
bash tests/run_compat.sh --generate
# Compare gwbasic output against .expected
bash tests/run_compat.sh
CI
GitHub Actions runs on every push to main and on pull requests. The workflow
builds the project with PulseAudio support and runs all 72 test programs.