Merge pull request #2999 from vkarak/bugfix/describe-show-reference

[bugfix] Show test references with `--describe` option

Author: vkarak

reframe/utility/__init__.py

@@ -1275,6 +1275,9 @@ def __delitem__(self, key):
     def __missing__(self, key):
         raise KeyError(str(key))
 
+    def __rfm_json_encode__(self):
+        return self.data
+
 
 @functools.total_ordering
 class OrderedSet(collections.abc.MutableSet):

unittests/test_utility.py

@@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ def test_scoped_dict_construction():
         'a': {'k1': 3, 'k2': 4},
         'b': {'k3': 5}
     }
-    namespace_dict = reframe.utility.ScopedDict()
     namespace_dict = reframe.utility.ScopedDict(d)
 
     # Change local dict and verify that the stored values are not affected
@@ -1088,6 +1087,17 @@ def test_scoped_dict_update():
     assert scoped_dict == scoped_dict_alt
 
 
+def test_scoped_dict_json_enc():
+    import json
+
+    d = {
+        'a': {'k1': 3, 'k2': 4},
+        'b': {'k3': 5}
+    }
+    ns_dict = reframe.utility.ScopedDict(d)
+    assert d == json.loads(jsonext.dumps(ns_dict))
+
+
 def test_sequence_view():
     l = util.SequenceView([1, 2, 2])
     assert 1 == l[0]