From 058db766184e27fadc1e076ca57238a7b8b1f296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex A. Naanou" <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:24:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
---
 package.json |  2 +-
 test.js      | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2fa887b..9cb5b3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-test",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "description": "experimental test runner....",
   "main": "test.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 98bce37..ed619e6 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -614,9 +614,12 @@ async function(spec, chain, stats, mod_chain_length=1){
 	var chain_length = chain.length
 	var setup = chain.shift() || '*'
 	var test = chain.pop() || '*'
-	var mod = chain.pop() || '*'
+	var mod = chain || '*'
 	mod = chain_length == 2 ? 
-		'as-is' 
+			'as-is' 
+		: mod.length == 1 
+				&& mod[0] == '*' ?
+			'*'
 		: mod
 
 	// get the tests...
@@ -651,25 +654,27 @@ async function(spec, chain, stats, mod_chain_length=1){
 						false
 						: (test == '*' 
 							|| test == t) ) })
-	if(mod_chain_length <= 0){
-		var mod_queue = []
-	} else {
-		var mod_queue = object.deepKeys(modifiers)
-			.filter(function(m){
-				return typeof(modifiers[m]) == 'function'
-					&& (mod == '*' || mod == m) })
-			.map(function(m){
-				return [m] })
-		// modifier chains...
-		for(var i=1; i < mod_chain_length; i++){
-			mod_queue = [
-				...mod_queue,
-				...mod_queue
-					.map(function(m){
-						return mod_queue
-							.map(function(mm){
-								return [...m, ...mm] }) })
-					.flat()] } }
+	var mod_queue = []
+	if(mod_chain_length > 0){
+		if(mod instanceof Array){
+			mod_queue = [mod]
+		} else {
+			mod_queue = object.deepKeys(modifiers)
+				.filter(function(m){
+					return typeof(modifiers[m]) == 'function'
+						&& (mod == '*' || mod == m) })
+				.map(function(m){
+					return [m] })
+			// modifier chains...
+			for(var i=1; i < mod_chain_length; i++){
+				mod_queue = [
+					...mod_queue,
+					...mod_queue
+						.map(function(m){
+							return mod_queue
+								.map(function(mm){
+									return [...m, ...mm] }) })
+						.flat()] } } }
 	var setup_queue = object.deepKeys(setups) 
 		.filter(function(s){
 			return typeof(setups[s]) == 'function'