libtest: JSON formatting is now only available in unstable builds

libtest: Added the -Z option for unstable options

Author: Gilad Naaman

src/libtest/lib.rs

@@ -399,7 +399,9 @@ fn optgroups() -> getopts::Options {
         .optopt("", "format", "Configure formatting of output:
             pretty = Print verbose output;
             terse  = Display one character per test;
-            json   = Output a json document", "pretty|terse|json");
+            json   = Output a json document", "pretty|terse|json")
+        .optopt("Z", "", "Enable nightly-only flags:
+            unstable-options = Allow use of experimental features", "unstable-options");
     return opts
 }
 
@@ -435,15 +437,41 @@ Test Attributes:
              usage = options.usage(&message));
 }
 
+// FIXME: Copied from libsyntax until linkage errors are resolved.
+fn is_nightly() -> bool {
+    // Whether this is a feature-staged build, i.e. on the beta or stable channel
+    let disable_unstable_features = option_env!("CFG_DISABLE_UNSTABLE_FEATURES").is_some();
+    // Whether we should enable unstable features for bootstrapping
+    let bootstrap = env::var("RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP").is_ok();
+
+    bootstrap || !disable_unstable_features
+}
+
 // Parses command line arguments into test options
 pub fn parse_opts(args: &[String]) -> Option<OptRes> {
+    let mut allow_unstable = false;
     let opts = optgroups();
     let args = args.get(1..).unwrap_or(args);
     let matches = match opts.parse(args) {
         Ok(m) => m,
         Err(f) => return Some(Err(f.to_string())),
     };
 
+    if let Some(opt) = matches.opt_str("Z") {
+        if !is_nightly() {
+            return Some(Err("the option `Z` is only accepted on the nightly compiler".into()));
+        }
+
+        match &*opt {
+            "unstable-options" => {
+                allow_unstable = true;
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Some(Err("Unrecognized option to `Z`".into()));
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
     if matches.opt_present("h") {
         usage(&args[0], &opts);
         return None;
@@ -504,7 +532,13 @@ pub fn parse_opts(args: &[String]) -> Option<OptRes> {
         None if quiet => OutputFormat::Terse,
         Some("pretty") | None => OutputFormat::Pretty,
         Some("terse") => OutputFormat::Terse,
-        Some("json") => OutputFormat::Json,
+        Some("json") => {
+            if !allow_unstable {
+                return Some(
+                    Err("The \"json\" format is only accepted on the nightly compiler".into()));
+            }
+            OutputFormat::Json
+        },
 
         Some(v) => {
             return Some(Err(format!("argument for --format must be pretty, terse, or json (was \