Support userparams argument of RunTest() and DebugRunTestCase() (from %UnitTest.Manager) when invoking tests from VS Code

[isc-solon]

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RunTest(), DebugRunTestCase(), and some other methods of %UnitTest.Manager support a ByRef userparams array argument. It allows you to pass custom arguments into the testing methods (including OnBefore* and OnAfter* methods). Obscure but useful feature I think.

For example, If you set the array fred("logging") = 1, and fred("check") = "abcd1234" and pass .fred into RunTest(), then your testing methods can access those values using ..Manager.UserFields.GetAt("logging") and GetAt("check").

Do you think it's possible for an invocation of a test to 1) prompt for these name/value pairs, 2) stuff them into an array, and 3) pass that array by reference into the methods that are called when the tests are invoked from VS Code?

[isc-bsaviano]

This would require a server-side change. The VS Code API doesn't have a great way to prompt for a list of key/value pairs, and I wouldn't want to prompt the user for these rarely used parameters every time they want to run a test. I suppose they could be put in a VS Code setting, but users would then need to change that setting often. I'll leave this open for a while to get user feedback but I'm thinking that the best action to take will be documenting this as a limitation and moving on.

[isc-rsingh]

@isc-solon consider promoting this idea here: https://community.intersystems.com/post/3rd-intersystems-ideas-contest

[isc-bsaviano]

There's not enough interest to warrant spending time on this