libtest terse format: show how far in we are #53428
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So for example
./x.py test src/libcorelooks likeWhen I am waiting for 3500 ui tests to complete, I am often missing some sense of how far in these 3500 it is.
Getting the total count in
write_run_startis a bit hacky; I did that to not change the "public interface" of the formatters. I can also give them an extra argument in their constructor so that they know from the beginning how many tests there will be. Would you prefer that? (I think I would, but I wanted to get feedback first.)