add better documentation comments to lib.runTests

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/debug.nix b/lib/debug.nix
index e3ca3352397ec..9ec0169e66e2c 100644
--- a/lib/debug.nix
+++ b/lib/debug.nix
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ rec {
        traceSeqN 2 { a.b.c = 3; } null
        trace: { a = { b = {…}; }; }
        => null
+
+     Type: traceSeqN :: Int -> a -> b -> b
    */
   traceSeqN = depth: x: y:
     let snip = v: if      isList  v then noQuotes "[…]" v
@@ -173,17 +175,68 @@ rec {
 
   # -- TESTING --
 
-  /* Evaluate a set of tests.  A test is an attribute set `{expr,
-     expected}`, denoting an expression and its expected result.  The
-     result is a list of failed tests, each represented as `{name,
-     expected, actual}`, denoting the attribute name of the failing
+  /* Evaluates a set of tests.
+
+     A test is an attribute set `{expr, expected}`,
+     denoting an expression and its expected result.
+
+     The result is a `list` of __failed tests__, each represented as
+     `{name, expected, result}`,
+
+     - expected
+       - What was passed as `expected`
+     - result
+       - The actual `result` of the test
+
+     Denoting the attribute name of the failing
      test and its expected and actual results.
 
      Used for regression testing of the functions in lib; see
-     tests.nix for an example. Only tests having names starting with
+     tests.nix for an example.
+
+     > Important: In general only `tests` having names starting with
      "test" are run.
 
-     Add attr { tests = ["testName"]; } to run these tests only.
+     - Add attr { tests = ["testName"]; } to run tests from list only.
+     - If `tests` in not specififed all tests will be evaluated.
+
+    Example:
+
+     runTests {
+       testAndOk = {
+         expr = lib.and true false;
+         expected = false;
+       };
+       testAndFail = {
+         expr = lib.and true false;
+         expected = true;
+       };
+     }
+     ->
+     [
+       {
+         name = "testAndFail";
+         expected = true;
+         result = false;
+       }
+     ]
+
+    Type:
+      runTests :: {
+        tests = [ String ];
+        ${testName} :: {
+          expr :: a;
+          expected :: a;
+        };
+      }
+      ->
+      [
+        {
+          name :: String;
+          expected :: a;
+          result :: a;
+        }
+      ]
   */
   runTests =
     # Tests to run