Megatest

    ;; from here on out the db will be opened and closed on every call runs:run-tests-queue
    ;; (sqlite3:finalize! db) 
    ;; now add non-directly referenced dependencies (i.e. waiton)
    ;;======================================================================
    ;; refactoring this block into tests:get-full-data
    ;;======================================================================
    (if (not (null? test-names))
	(let loop ((hed (car test-names))
		   (tal (cdr test-names)))         ;; 'return-procs tells the config reader to prep running system but return a proc
	  (debug:print-info 4 "hed=" hed " at top of loop")
	  (let* ((config  (tests:get-testconfig hed 'return-procs))
		 (waitons (let ((instr (if config 
					   (config-lookup config "requirements" "waiton")
					   (begin ;; No config means this is a non-existant test
					     (debug:print 0 "ERROR: non-existent required test \"" hed "\"")
					     (if db (sqlite3:finalize! db))
					     (exit 1)))))
			    (debug:print-info 8 "waitons string is " instr)
			    (string-split (cond
					   ((procedure? instr)
					    (let ((res (instr)))
					      (debug:print-info 8 "waiton procedure results in string " res " for test " hed)
					      res))
					   ((string? instr)     instr)
					   (else 
					    ;; NOTE: This is actually the case of *no* waitons! ;; (debug:print 0 "ERROR: something went wrong in processing waitons for test " hed)
					    ""))))))
	    (debug:print-info 8 "waitons: " waitons)
	    ;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an
	    ;; error
	    (if (member hed waitons)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 "ERROR: test " hed " has listed itself as a waiton, please correct this!")
		  (set! waitons (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitons))))
	    
	    ;; (items   (items:get-items-from-config config)))
	    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-records hed #f))
		(hash-table-set! test-records
				 hed (vector hed     ;; 0
					     config  ;; 1
					     waitons ;; 2
					     (config-lookup config "requirements" "priority")     ;; priority 3
					     (let ((items      (hash-table-ref/default config "items" #f)) ;; items 4
						   (itemstable (hash-table-ref/default config "itemstable" #f))) 
					       ;; if either items or items table is a proc return it so test running
					       ;; process can know to call items:get-items-from-config
					       ;; if either is a list and none is a proc go ahead and call get-items
					       ;; otherwise return #f - this is not an iterated test
					       (cond
						((procedure? items)      
						 (debug:print-info 4 "items is a procedure, will calc later")
						 items)            ;; calc later
						((procedure? itemstable)
						 (debug:print-info 4 "itemstable is a procedure, will calc later")
						 itemstable)       ;; calc later
						((filter (lambda (x)
							   (let ((val (car x)))
							     (if (procedure? val) val #f)))
							 (append (if (list? items) items '())
								 (if (list? itemstable) itemstable '())))
						 'have-procedure)
						((or (list? items)(list? itemstable)) ;; calc now
						 (debug:print-info 4 "items and itemstable are lists, calc now\n"
							      "    items: " items " itemstable: " itemstable)
						 (items:get-items-from-config config))
						(else #f)))                           ;; not iterated
					     #f      ;; itemsdat 5
					     #f      ;; spare - used for item-path
					     )))
	    (for-each 
	     (lambda (waiton)
	       (if (and waiton (not (member waiton test-names)))
		   (begin
		     (set! required-tests (cons waiton required-tests))
		     (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names))))) ;; was an append, now a cons
	     waitons)
	    (let ((remtests (delete-duplicates (append waitons tal))))
	      (if (not (null? remtests))
		  (loop (car remtests)(cdr remtests)))))))

    (if (not (null? required-tests))
	(debug:print-info 1 "Adding " required-tests " to the run queue"))
    ;; NOTE: these are all parent tests, items are not expanded yet.
    (debug:print-info 4 "test-records=" (hash-table->alist test-records))
    (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvallst flags test-patts)
    (debug:print-info 4 "All done by here")))