Web3 version configuration does not apply to tests

[danlipert]

Overview

TL;DR
The recent web3 release (beta 36) added a new ABI encoder which breaks some of my previous tests that use BigNumbers as function arguments (web3/web3.js#1936). The configurable version of web3 in embark.json only configures which version of web3 is used within the dapp, but not in the tests. In this case, and possibly more in the future it would be useful to allow configuration of the version of web3 used with embark test.

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Steps to reproduce

1. set version of web3 in embark.json
2. examine the version of the web3 object in your tests

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Context (Environment)

• OS: Mac OS 10.13.3
• Embark Version: 3.2.2
• Node Version: 10.7.0
• NPM Version: 10.7.0

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