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Hmm... gmail.... new style compose window.... missed the ...'s - How obvious is that... hopefully sorted?

I don't really understand your point here. You're echoing the variable
name anyway, so if the 'set foo' displays it as well; I don't see the
advantage of your method

If you have a script which does e.g. set WINE_var1, then it outputs 'WINE_var1=42' or whatever, but is that the right value? With the existing echo behviour its a real pain to know, and relies on you using the make test to run all the suite, then compare the output with some predefined list of results. If you have a script which echo's something like 'wine_var1 correctly 42' or 'ERROR: wine_var1 is 42 and it should be -1' then you immediately see the result. This is especially useful in that you can then extract the portion you need to test into a standalone command file, test on multiple os's, add other tests, then put back into the test suite trivially. Far better than just a straight echo out.�I'd also suggest such coding mirrors all the other testsuites, where you check the results you expect then and there, meaning the code and expected values are all side by side.

> An interim option might be something like 'checkcontents var value var
> value' type routine - would that be better?

Seems convoluted. Why just no go KISS?

Because of the above - I very strongly believe the above its far clearer when both writing and debugging - See the cmd copy tests, for example

Unfortunately this is the point NT4 kicks in and is a right pain...�

My ideal solution:
:check_vars
if "%1"=="" goto :eof
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%i in ('set %1') do (
� if "%%i"=="%2" (echo %1 correctly %2) else echo ERROR: %1 incorrectly %%i [%2]
)
set %1=
shift
shift
rem shift
goto :check_vars

This doesnt work as NT4s for /f is just screwed. The only solution I ended up with is the far from ideal

:check_vars
if "%1"=="" goto :eof
call :executecmd set wine_result=%%%1%%
if "%wine_result%"=="%2" (
� echo %1 correctly %2
) else echo ERROR: %1 incorrectly %wine_result% [%2]
set %1=
shift
shift
rem shift
goto :check_vars
:executecmd
%*
goto :eof

Any alternative suggestions?

In other "non-for /a" test, there's never a WINE_foo1 anywhere. Using
"foo", "bar" and "baz" when you have at most 3 arguments seems
standard practice to me.

Ok, I really dont care what they are called - easy enough to fix with a simple search/replace.�

�Any comments on the rest of the patches, especially the code one?

Jason