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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Jorgen Schaefer <forcer@forcix.cx>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Best practice for mocking functions/prompts/etc.
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:56:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m34mu96vk7.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141108193423.4e021283@forcix> (Jorgen Schaefer's message of "Sat, 8 Nov 2014 19:34:23 +0100")

Jorgen Schaefer <forcer@forcix.cx> writes:

> When writing a library for Emacs (to be included in the core), what is
> the recommended best practice to test for interactive function calls? I
> did not see a mock library, so I suspect there is a standard way without
> such a library.

[...]

>     (let ((returned-file (the-function)))
>
>       (should (equal returned-file test-file))
>       (should (equal called-prompt "Foo: ")))))
>
> Is there a better way?

You seem to want to check whether the Emacs Lisp language works at all
by checking a specific function?  I don't think that's a useful level to
perform checks at.

I think you can take it as a given that the Emacs Lisp language works as
specified.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-11-09  0:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-08 18:34 Best practice for mocking functions/prompts/etc Jorgen Schaefer
2014-11-08 23:17 ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-09  8:59   ` Jorgen Schaefer
2014-11-09 10:36     ` Nic Ferrier
2014-11-09 11:05       ` Jorgen Schaefer
2014-11-09  0:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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