start preparations for new travis

update appveyor
add blocks for tests on platforms where things are expected to fail
prepare for LuaJIT

.new.travis.yml

@@ -23,22 +23,25 @@
 sudo: required
 language: cpp
 
-notifications:
-    webhooks:
-        urls:
-            - https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/b864d553270a069d26c8
-        on_success: change  # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-        on_failure: always  # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-        on_start: never     # options: [always|never|change] default: always
-    email:
-        on_success: change
-        on_failure: change
-
-
 before_install:
-- docker pull ubuntu
+- sudo apt install -y python3 build-essential git docker.io
-- docker run -d ubuntu
+- sudo docker pull ubuntu
-- docker ps -a
+- sudo docker run -d ubuntu
+- sudo docker ps -a
 
 script:
-- sudo apt-get install python3 build-essentials git 
+- sudo docker 
+
+notifications:
+  webhooks:
+    urls:
+      - https://webhooks.gitter.im/e/b864d553270a069d26c8
+    on_success: change
+    on_failure: always
+    on_start: never
+  email:
+    on_success: change
+    on_failure: change
+    on_start: never
+
+

appveyor.yml

@@ -51,12 +51,25 @@ matrix:
     - MINGW_VERSION: 5.3.0
     - MINGW_VERSION: 6.3.0
   exclude:
+    - platform: x86
+      LUA_VERSION: 5.2.4
+    - platform: x86
+      LUA_VERSION: 5.1.5
     - image: Visual Studio 2017
       MINGW_VERSION: 6.3.0
     - image: Visual Studio 2017
       MINGW_VERSION: 5.3.0
 
 init:
+  # make sure we have Ninja
+- md tools
+- cd tools
+- set NINJA_URL="https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-win.zip"
+- appveyor DownloadFile %NINJA_URL% -FileName ninja.zip
+- 7z x ninja.zip -o%cd%\ninja
+- set PATH=%cd%\ninja;%PATH%
+- cd ..
+# configure the generator appropriately
 - set arch=
 - if "%PLATFORM%"=="x64" (set arch= Win64)
 - echo %APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%
@@ -65,7 +78,10 @@ init:
 - if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2013" (set CMAKE_GENERATOR=Visual Studio 12 2013%arch%)
 - if "%MINGW_VERSION%"=="5.3.0" (set CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja)
 - if "%MINGW_VERSION%"=="6.3.0" (set CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja)
-- echo "%CMAKE_GENERATOR%"
+# print out useful information
+- ninja --version
+- cmake --version
+- echo cmake generator -- "%CMAKE_GENERATOR%"
 
 # We need to use CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release since there are no "configuration"
 # toolsets for Ninja or Makefiles as far as cmake is concerned, so 

docs/source/api/usertype.rst

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Otherwise, the following is used to specify functions to bind on the specific us
 * ``"{name}", sol::readonly( &type::member_variable )``
 	- Binds a typical variable to ``"{name}"``. Similar to the above, but the variable will be read-only, meaning an error will be generated if anything attemps to write to this variable
 * ``"{name}", sol::as_function( &type::member_variable )``
-	- Binds a typical variable to ``"{name}"`` *but forces the syntax to be callable like a function*. This produces a getter and a setter accessible by ``obj:name()`` to get and ``obj::name(value)`` to set.
+	- Binds a typical variable to ``"{name}"`` *but forces the syntax to be callable like a function*. This produces a getter and a setter accessible by ``obj:name()`` to get and ``obj:name(value)`` to set.
 * ``"{name}", sol::property( getter_func, setter_func )``
 	- Binds a typical variable to ``"{name}"``, but gets and sets using the specified setter and getter functions. Not that if you do not pass a setter function, the variable will be read-only. Also not that if you do not pass a getter function, it will be write-only
 * ``"{name}", sol::var( some_value )`` or ``"{name}", sol::var( std::ref( some_value ) )``

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 file(GLOB SOL2_TEST_SOURCES test*.cpp)
 source_group(test_sources FILES ${SOL2_TEST_SOURCES})
-
+#file(DOWNLOAD https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/releases/download/v2.0.1/catch.hpp ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Catch/include/catch.hpp)
-file(DOWNLOAD https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/releases/download/v2.0.1/catch.hpp ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Catch/include/catch.hpp)
+file(DOWNLOAD https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/releases/download/v1.11.0/catch.hpp ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Catch/include/catch.hpp)
 
 function(CREATE_TEST test_target_name test_name is_single)
 	if (is_single)

tests/test_abort_clean.cpp

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstdlib>
-
+
-struct pre_main {
+struct pre_main {
-	pre_main() {
+	pre_main() {
-#ifdef SOL2_CI
+#ifdef SOL2_CI
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
-	_set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG);
+	_set_abort_behavior(0, _WRITE_ABORT_MSG);
-#endif
+#endif
-#endif
+#endif
-	}
+	}
 } pm;

tests/test_functions.cpp

@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ TEST_CASE("functions/returning functions from C++", "check to see if returning a
 	}
 }
 
+#if defined(SOL_LUAJIT) || (defined(_WIN32) && (defined(_WIN64)))
 TEST_CASE("functions/function_result and protected_function_result", "Function result should be the beefy return type for sol::function that allows for error checking and error handlers") {
 	sol::state lua;
 	lua.open_libraries(sol::lib::base, sol::lib::debug);
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ TEST_CASE("functions/function_result and protected_function_result", "Function r
 		REQUIRE(value == 100);
 	}
 }
+#endif // x86 VC++ in release mode
 
 TEST_CASE("functions/all kinds", "Register all kinds of functions, make sure they all compile and work") {
 	sol::state lua;