Fair enough, On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM Matthew Knepley <knep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM Mark Adams <mfad...@lbl.gov> wrote: > >> It seems to me that if you want to override $args then you are changing >> the test and can just change the code. Or it does not seem like a use case >> that deserves to supported. >> > > I use the test system all the time for development now, since it provides > a convenient path for baseline options, incremental rebuilds, and > verification. In this situation, overriding is very useful. > > Matt > > >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM Matthew Knepley <knep...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> We currently have two kinds of options in the test system. Options that >>> come from the "args" line in the TEST section of the example source, which >>> we will call $args, and options that come from the EXTRA_OPTIONS env var >>> when the test is executed, which we will call $extra_args. >>> >>> Right now, in petsc_harness.sh:109, we feed the example executable the >>> arguments >>> >>> $extra_args $args >>> >>> This allows us to do things like declare EXTRA_OPTIONS="-fp_trap" for >>> linux-pkgs-dbg, and then allow it to be turned off for certain tests with >>> -fp_trap 0 in the argos line. >>> >>> This setup, however, does not allow us to override any options given in >>> $args while running a test, which seems very restrictive. Should we create >>> a third class of options? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> -- >>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their >>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their >>> experiments lead. >>> -- Norbert Wiener >>> >>> https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!b6oAz2fZQ4AfirMlFz4b4aayNowDlEBg5cwO2E3MHz6h1E5bGRCN0Gz6M0osVCe5bM8nRylS6c9G6NRweu2OOQ$ >>> >>> <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!es96ebvWwNhZgW9QAbhKl87uWMsmggCaWnv60yjXuLOqvK4co4KiyvhNTffA2KhyR42saIqyrZ93SWsl1pKX$> >>> >> > > -- > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their > experiments lead. > -- Norbert Wiener > > https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!b6oAz2fZQ4AfirMlFz4b4aayNowDlEBg5cwO2E3MHz6h1E5bGRCN0Gz6M0osVCe5bM8nRylS6c9G6NRweu2OOQ$ > > <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/*knepley/__;fg!!G_uCfscf7eWS!b6oAz2fZQ4AfirMlFz4b4aayNowDlEBg5cwO2E3MHz6h1E5bGRCN0Gz6M0osVCe5bM8nRylS6c9G6NTh4OMfDg$ > > >
