Nevermind this way is far better

analyzer/table.go

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package analyzer
 
+import "os"
 import "path/filepath"
 
 // locator uniquely identifies a section in the section table.
@@ -9,7 +10,13 @@ type locator struct {
 }
 
 func (where locator) ToString () (output string) {
-	output += where.modulePath + "." + where.name
+	cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+	modulePath, err := filepath.Rel(cwd, where.modulePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("cant get relative path: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	output += modulePath + "." + where.name
 	return
 }
 

analyzer/test-common.go

@@ -11,15 +11,3 @@ func checkTree (modulePath string, skim bool, correct string, test *testing.T) {
 	table, err := Analyze(modulePath, skim)
 	testCommon.CheckStrings(test, table, err, correct)
 }
-
-func resolvePath (path string) (resolved string) {
-	var err error
-	resolved, err = filepath.Abs(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic (
-			"could not resolve path (check test cases!): " +
-			err.Error())
-	}
-	resolved = filepath.Clean(resolved)
-	return
-}

analyzer/type-section_test.go

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import "testing"
 
 func TestTypeSection (test *testing.T) {
 	checkTree ("../tests/analyzer/typeSection", false,
-`
+`typeSection ../tests/analyzer/typeSection.basicInt
-typeSection ` + resolvePath("../tests/analyzer/typeSection.basicInt") + `
 	type basic Int
 `, test)
 }