From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5754: Bytecomp Arithmetic test failed Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:52:29 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ocifjx74.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <878w9jjtp0.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87ljdh9xiq.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269471383 5490 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2010 22:56:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5754@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 24 23:56:19 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1NuZUm-00057i-05 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:52:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HUvWyXtLgzwFReE65ZGk3GQX/m56DWLDwhLwgHjFa5o=; b=C3PU7zjV3xVyWMSeScSjhKBSsoJ+kKh/W59X95c+WF5+PbBt1Q6rSJo+7DWW/lxn0B QPbB88seSePqgU6EKxj5uR4nYNWxqt+Pi+Dc0ulxMkeeBOReD9Xb7xMrApnveBq4bvVr PjGPtmFoDjPPGQmqUbQV7W4XIwSP+3Q1hkuzk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Wcz3s96v5BPr8h89cQysa0JMCY3cJ903SafURPtn+8/JXmFJ5SwDOY17WSzhyEWzzj dIAr7XbawW5n4maBqOJ+6TjXrNGRIig6N7oM34u8iS2NOxVUjmLE6dml593OqR67iUkH S4iPXJfICTz5R7eaajFwRf6+MiDdHGj4lo2u4= Original-Received: by 10.239.137.11 with SMTP id j11mr770163hbj.177.1269471169707; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:52:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ljdh9xiq.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:53:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35740 Archived-At: On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Chong Yidong wrot= e: > Lennart Borgman writes: > >>> Not when building Emacs, but there should be a make target like >>> `make test'. =C2=A0And when choosing a unit test framework to add to Em= acs, >>> the main criteria should be the ability to run tests in batch mode. >> >> Yes, there should such a target. But why don't you think it would be >> run at the end of the build process? > > No, thanks. =C2=A0It would be a nuisance for developers. In what way? The idea behind unit tests is to catch errors as soon as possible after each change. Would not running the unit tests directly after building help with that? Some problems are platform specific and will perhaps show up during unit tests.