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: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:19:49 +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 1269480334 30144 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2010 01:25:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:25:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 5754@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 25 02:25:29 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 1NubpB-0003Rt-0M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:20:09 -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=wqMOjRBW731vSGsqs/5oM07arK3ewzthqm0BQclyY40=; b=pUZAZzzJzDIeUkmBrYv69nNAUY5XDdZSXGGD+wky4puUFf0Up631oWfaRU/M3XIlCh dGhAsSeesf933K2bE5h6AAg9eBoFUC7SPNkRkQoXtaIOOaG3riPjV/xKHSUxmzUY9ZUt /ju3dBKW7aO6ukhrKy21UfEMwo3hHY8Rh9dlg= 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=fKErHIV0B/vjLBZfBN/dl9A4+RYdssNQWEqOGdXUjb9h4ZPDsbn3vH5Gj35D1r0nLr V8V40FPVyQuwEglnNVCE1mxcZQ49W/7xGN33jSShtl7L7vGvztTCl7oXCf6QQPbpWO+3 J9ojLFMgbtG+L+F8Agyqz+3++2dC02DDRiZ3k= Original-Received: by 10.239.187.72 with SMTP id k8mr865106hbh.47.1269480009293; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:20:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:21:01 -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:35745 Archived-At: On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>>>> 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 = Emacs, >>>>> 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. > > It could only work if running the test takes a negligible amount of > time, and it generates almost no output if all goes well. Or if fail is noticeable. > The second point is probably easy, but the first is unlikely to stay > true for long. Why not try it and remove it if it becomes a burden?