Run test for multiple iteration will start multiple nunit agent

[CharliePoole]

@levimm commented on Mon Aug 22 2016

Hi Guys,

I'm using this pattern to run test for multiple iterations.

string[] arg = {@"someDll.dll", "--dispose-runners" };
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) ConsoleRunner.Program.Main(arg);

In second iteration, two nunit-agent.exe are running, and in third iteration, three agents are running.
I notice the dll is always added to InputFiles in CommandLineOptions so the created testPackage contains multiple subpackages.
Is this intented?

Cheers

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@CharliePoole commented on Tue Aug 23 2016

@levimm Moving this to our new nunit-console repository. Don't feel bad, it is brand new. You're probably only the first to get caught this way.

[CharliePoole]

You aren't running nunit3-console but are calling it's main as a subroutine three times. So some strange behavior isn't that surprising! The effect is neither intended by us nor protected against.

In this case, the difference is because Main is a static method and the instance of ConsoleOptions it uses is stored in a static field.