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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 128206b..26dd19a 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1167,9 +1167,17 @@ argument to [`dependency()`](#dependency). void test(name, executable, ...) ``` -Defines a unit test. Takes two positional arguments, the first is the -name of this test and the second is the executable to run. Keyword -arguments are the following. +Defines a test to run with the test harness. Takes two positional arguments, +the first is the name of the test and the second is the executable to run. +The executable can be an [executable build target object](#build-target-object) +returned by [`executable()`](#executable) or an +[external program object](#external-program-object) returned by +[`find_program()`](#find_program). The executable's exit code is used by the +test harness to record the outcome of the test, for example exit code zero +indicates success. For more on the Meson test harness protocol read +[Unit Tests](Unit-tests.md). + +Keyword arguments are the following: - `args` arguments to pass to the executable |