From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How to debug functions depending on (current-time)? Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:16:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9p5mb1t.fsf@mbork.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436991412 4524 80.91.229.3 (15 Jul 2015 20:16:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:16:52 +0000 (UTC) To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 15 22:16:52 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFT6p-0002lC-5r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:16:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37321 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFT6o-00046d-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:16:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54135) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFT6X-00043F-26 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:16:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFT6T-0007zh-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:16:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:47582) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZFT6S-0007yt-Or for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:16:28 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39558512011 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:16:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qSnTSneem5m7 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:16:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [109.232.24.146]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 503AB4F607B for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:16:15 +0200 (CEST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105734 Archived-At: Hi all, I have a bunch of functions depending on (current-time), and I'm wondering how to test/debug them. Is it safe to (temporarily) redefine `current-time'? Maybe it's better to do that in a separate Emacs instance? I could of course change their source code for the time of debugging, but this still lefts the problem of testing (esp. automatic testing) open. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University