Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('haskell', 'hlint') let b:base_opts = '--color=never --json -' After: unlet! b:base_opts call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(executable should be configurable): AssertLinter 'hlint', ale#Escape('hlint') . ' ' . b:base_opts let b:ale_haskell_hlint_executable = 'myHlint' AssertLinter 'myHlint', ale#Escape('myHlint') . ' ' . b:base_opts Execute(should accept options): let b:ale_haskell_hlint_options= '-h myhlintfile.yaml' AssertLinter 'hlint', ale#Escape('hlint') . ' -h myhlintfile.yaml ' . b:base_opts