separate dummy hello and real actor tests; actor (and test) improvements

lib/actor.ex

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 defmodule Xplore.Actor do
 
-  def loop(bhv) do
+  defp loop(bhv) do
-    receive do
+    receive do msg ->
+      #IO.puts("receive: #{inspect msg}")
+      case msg do
         {:message, msg} -> 
           bhv.(msg)
           loop(bhv)
-      {:system, :become, bhv_n} -> loop(bhv_n)
+        {:become, bhv_n} -> loop(bhv_n)
-      {:system, :quit} -> :quit
+        {:quit} -> nil
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -14,15 +17,15 @@ defmodule Xplore.Actor do
     spawn_link(fn -> loop(bhv) end)
   end
 
-  def send_message(ac, msg) do
+  def send(ac, msg) do
-    send(ac, {:message, msg})
+    Kernel.send(ac, {:message, msg})
   end
 
   def become(ac, bhv) do
-    send(ac, {:system, :become, bhv})
+    Kernel.send(ac, {:become, bhv})
   end
 
   def stop(ac) do
-    send(ac, {:system, :quit})
+    Kernel.send(ac, {:quit})
   end
 end

lib/hello.ex

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-defmodule Xplore do
+defmodule Hello do
   @moduledoc """
-  Documentation for `Xplore`.
+  Documentation for `Hello`.
   """
 
   @doc """
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Xplore do
 
   ## Examples
 
-      iex> Xplore.hello()
+      iex> Hello.hello()
       :world
 
   """

test/actor_test.exs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+defmodule ActorTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  alias Xplore.Actor
+
+  describe "simple-actors:" do
+    test "basic-life-cycle" do
+      this = self()
+      ac = Actor.create(fn msg -> send(this, msg) end)
+      Actor.send(ac, "Hello Actor!")
+      Actor.become(ac, fn _msg -> send(this, "Goodbye") end)
+      Actor.send(ac, "Hello Actor!")
+      Actor.stop(ac)
+      assert_receive "Hello Actor!"
+      assert_receive "Goodbye"
+    end
+  end
+end
+

test/hello_test.exs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule HelloTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+  doctest Hello
+
+  test "greets the world" do
+    assert Hello.hello() == :world
+  end
+end
+

test/xplore_test.exs

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-defmodule XploreTest do
-  use ExUnit.Case
-  doctest Xplore
-
-  alias Xplore.Actor
-
-  test "greets the world" do
-    assert Xplore.hello() == :world
-  end
-
-  describe "some simple actors" do
-    test "basic actor live cycle" do
-      this = self()
-      ac = Actor.create(fn msg -> send(this, msg) end)
-      Actor.send_message(ac, "Hello Actor!")
-      Actor.become(ac, fn _msg -> send(this, "Goodbye") end)
-      Actor.send_message(ac, "Hello Actor!")
-      Actor.stop(ac)
-      assert_receive "Hello Actor!"
-      assert_receive "Goodbye"
-    end
-  end
-end
-