From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: testing framework and package.el Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:18:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87tyladfnf.fsf@gmx.de> <4CA5DBA2.4050102@fastmail.net> <87tyl5i737.fsf@gmx.de> <4CA86026.1020000@fastmail.net> <87vd5jvw1q.fsf@gmx.de> <4CA9F483.8020000@fastmail.net> <87lj6dewf7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4CAA7CA2.5050302@fastmail.net> <87zkut8d7y.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8762xgd1zd.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286320764 634 80.91.229.12 (5 Oct 2010 23:19:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 23:19:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" , Sebastian Rose , Chong Yidong , Christian Ohler , emacs-devel Mailinglist To: "Eric Schulte" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 06 01:19:20 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P3Gn1-0008B8-FI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:19:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40916 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3Gn0-0007XI-L7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:19:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45651 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3Gmt-0007XD-E8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:19:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3Gms-00049G-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:19:11 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp09.smtpout.orange.fr ([80.12.242.131]:27049 helo=smtp.smtpout.orange.fr) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3Gms-00048v-6t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:19:10 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net ([90.46.14.244]) by mwinf5d17 with ME id FBJr1f0045FwLaa03BJr2N; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:19:08 +0200 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1CBCFAE4B3; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 01:18:50 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <8762xgd1zd.fsf@gmail.com> (Eric Schulte's message of "Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:43:34 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:131376 Archived-At: > On the relation between tests and core code, how should regular Emacs > code standards be applied to tests. For example > - need my tests compile cleanly w/o warnings > - may I require 'cl-seq in my testing files > - must I ensure that every test file name is unique in the first X many > characters I think that given the current situation, tests written in LOLCODE or Agda are better than no tests at all, Stefan