R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> added the comment:

For the record: yes this is the way regrtest works when a test named on the command line doesn't exist. Not pretty, I'll grant you.  Maybe someone will propose a patch/feature request to improve the error message some day.

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nosy: +r.david.murray
resolution:  -> invalid
stage:  -> committed/rejected
type: compile error -> behavior

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