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+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build-components:
+     runs-on: docker
+      container: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: |
+        cargo build --lib
+        cargo build --bin decomposer
+
+  test-frontend:
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: docker
+      container: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - cargo test lexer
+      - cargo test parser
+
+  timed-decomposer-parse:
+    needs: [test-frontend]
+    runs-on: docker
+      container: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - cargo build --bin decomposer
+      - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecraven/r7rs-benchmarks/refs/heads/master/src/compiler.scm --output test.scm
+      - cargo run --bin decomposer -- -t test.scm
+
+  test-utility:
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: docker
+      container: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - users: actions/checkout@v4
+      - cargo test number
+      - cargo test stackstack
+      - cargo test hmap
+
+  test-backend:
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: docker
+      container: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - cargo test util # this is instruction decoding code
+