Techical Note on the order of tests

If multiple tests are to be executed, they will (by default) be executed in random order. This is done to help detect unintended side-effects of tests or other dependencies between them. In theory, every test should be a totally independent function that can be executed with any setup - unless set up otherwise by a suite.

If you want to execute tests in default-order (as specified in the suite), use switch -order=1. -order=0(the default) indicates random order, order=2 6 1 3 2 5 is a sample for a pre-determined order. If a sequence of tests fails, the system will remember the last order and re-use it on the next execution. Additionally, the order that was used will also be shown in the log so that it can be explicitly specified when calling ]DTest again (though this shouldn't be necessary by default). The mechanism used for this functionality is described here.