Fuzz-Test R Functions

Test function arguments with a wide array of inputs, and produce reports summarizing messages, warnings, errors, and returned values.

fuzzr

fuzzr implements some simple “fuzz tests” for your R functions, passing in a wide array of inputs and returning a report on how your function reacts.

Installation

install.package("fuzzr")

# Or, for the development version:
devtools::install_github("mdlincoln/fuzzr")

Usage

Tests are set by passing functions that return named lists of input values. These values will be passed as function arguments. Several default suites are provided with this package, such as test_char, however you may implement your own by passing a function that returns a similarly-formatted list.

library(fuzzr)
str(test_char())
#> List of 8
#>  $ char_empty         : chr(0) 
#>  $ char_single        : chr "a"
#>  $ char_single_blank  : chr ""
#>  $ char_multiple      : chr [1:3] "a" "b" "c"
#>  $ char_multiple_blank: chr [1:4] "a" "b" "c" ""
#>  $ char_with_na       : chr [1:3] "a" "b" NA
#>  $ char_single_na     : chr NA
#>  $ char_all_na        : chr [1:3] NA NA NA

Evaluate a function argument by supplying fuzz_function its quoted name, the tests to run, along with any other required static values. fuzz_function returns a fuzz_results object that stores conditions raised by a function (message, warning, or error) along with any value returned by that function.

fuzz_results <- fuzz_function(fun = lm, arg_name = "subset", data = iris, 
                              formula = Sepal.Length ~ Petal.Width + Petal.Length, 
                              tests = test_all())
#> Warning: `cross_n()` is deprecated; please use `cross()` instead.

#> Warning: `cross_n()` is deprecated; please use `cross()` instead.
#> Warning: at_depth() is deprecated, please use `modify_depth()` instead

You can render these results as a data frame:

fuzz_df <- as.data.frame(fuzz_results)
knitr::kable(head(fuzz_df))

You can also access the value returned by any one test by matching the argument tested with its test name:

model <- fuzz_value(fuzz_results, subset = "int_multiple")
coefficients(model)
#>  (Intercept)  Petal.Width Petal.Length 
#>          0.8           NA          3.0

Multiple-argument tests

Specify multiple-argument tests with p_fuzz_function, passing a named list of arguments and tests to run on each. p_fuzz_function will test every combination of argument and variable.

fuzz_p <- p_fuzz_function(agrep, list(pattern = test_char(), x = test_char()))
#> Warning: `cross_n()` is deprecated; please use `cross()` instead.

#> Warning: `cross_n()` is deprecated; please use `cross()` instead.
#> Warning: at_depth() is deprecated, please use `modify_depth()` instead
length(fuzz_p)
#> [1] 64
knitr::kable(head(as.data.frame(fuzz_p)))

Matthew Lincoln