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check -- perform tests of a package

Synopsis

Usage:
check P
Inputs:
- P, a package, which has been previously installed
Consequences:
- The tests in the package P are run (in separate Macaulay 2 processes), and any errors are reported.

Description

For example, to run the tests for the LLLBases package (Lenstra-Lenstra-Lovasz bases) do the following.

installPackage "LLLBases"
check LLLBases

It is important for package authors to provide tests to insure that the package is functioning properly. One provides tests using TEST in the beginDocumentation section.

See also

packages
installPackage -- load and install a package and its documentation
loadPackage -- load a package

Ways to use `check` :

check(Package)