From 0070305dcf7088afb1e645ff57607891e1be9fbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Besard <tim.besard@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:56:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Eval the initialization code separately.

If we put it in a block of expressions, it can't define things
that need to happen at top level (e.g. macros).
---
 src/ParallelTestRunner.jl | 2 +-
 test/init.jl              | 1 +
 test/runtests.jl          | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl b/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl
index ea4abed..bec95ff 100644
--- a/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl
+++ b/src/ParallelTestRunner.jl
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ function runtest(::Type{TestRecord}, f, name, init_code)
             wait(@spawnat 1 print_testworker_started(name, id))
         end
 
+        Core.eval(mod, init_code)
         data = @eval mod begin
             GC.gc(true)
             Random.seed!(1)
-            $init_code
 
             res = @timed @testset $name begin
                 $f
diff --git a/test/init.jl b/test/init.jl
index c83a2af..23b0d93 100644
--- a/test/init.jl
+++ b/test/init.jl
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 @test should_be_defined()
+@test @should_also_be_defined()
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index e5b2257..7a5e0a8 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ pushfirst!(ARGS, "--verbose")
 init_code = quote
     using Test
     should_be_defined() = true
+
+    macro should_also_be_defined()
+        return :(true)
+    end
 end
 
 runtests(ARGS; init_code)
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ runtests(ARGS; init_code)
 custom_tests = Dict(
     "custom" => quote
         @test should_be_defined()
+        @test @should_also_be_defined()
     end
 )
 runtests(ARGS; init_code, custom_tests)

From 28943afa79fe673aa4b41b928d075b500e1e8e27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Besard <tim.besard@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:10:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Simplify tests, covering the absolute basic case.

---
 test/basic.jl    | 1 +
 test/init.jl     | 2 --
 test/runtests.jl | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/basic.jl
 delete mode 100644 test/init.jl

diff --git a/test/basic.jl b/test/basic.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a617b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/basic.jl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@test true
diff --git a/test/init.jl b/test/init.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 23b0d93..0000000
--- a/test/init.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@test should_be_defined()
-@test @should_also_be_defined()
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7a5e0a8..71f9757 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ using ParallelTestRunner
 
 pushfirst!(ARGS, "--verbose")
 
+runtests(ARGS)
+
+# custom tests, and initialization code
 init_code = quote
     using Test
     should_be_defined() = true
@@ -10,9 +13,6 @@ init_code = quote
         return :(true)
     end
 end
-
-runtests(ARGS; init_code)
-
 custom_tests = Dict(
     "custom" => quote
         @test should_be_defined()