diff -r b029d63565a2 -r c1ba166f3fc4 tests/test.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test.py	Sat Nov 17 18:41:01 2012 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=4 tw=99 ft=python et:
+import os
+import os.path
+
+class Result:
+  def __init__(self, ok, out, err, code, timeout, message):
+    self.ok = ok
+    self.out = out
+    self.err = err
+    self.code = code
+    self.timeout = timeout
+    self.message = message
+
+class Test:
+  def __init__(self, path, name, type):
+    self.path = path
+    self.name = name
+    self.type = type
+
+  def cmd(self):
+    return os.path.join(self.path, self.name + '.sp')
+
+  def compare(self, text):
+    ok = True
+    message = None
+    with open(os.path.join(self.path, self.name + '.' + self.type)) as f:
+      lines = text.split('\n')
+      i = 0
+      for line in f:
+        line = line.rstrip('\r\n')
+        if line != lines[i]:
+          message = 'Got "' + lines[i] + '", expected "' + line + '"'
+          ok = False
+          break
+        i += 1
+    return (ok, message)
+
+  def check(self, out, err, code, timeout):
+    if not out:
+      out = ''
+    if not err:
+      err = ''
+    if self.type == 'err':
+      if code == 0:
+        message = 'Expected failure, got success'
+        ok = False
+      else:
+        (ok, message) = self.compare(err)
+    elif self.type == 'out':
+      if code != 0:
+        message = 'Expected success, got failure (code: ' + str(code) + ')'
+        ok = False
+      else:
+        (ok, message) = self.compare(out)
+
+    if timeout:
+      ok = false
+      message = 'timeout'
+
+    return Result(ok, out, err, code, timeout, message)