From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5754: Bytecomp Arithmetic test failed Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:15:57 -0400 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=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269480347 30162 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2010 01:25:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 5754@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 25 02:25:41 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 1NubpM-0003Ug-M7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:25:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40107 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NubpM-0005wo-5q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:25:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nubp8-0005qt-Cc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57859 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nubp5-0005oR-OJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:25:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nubp4-0004S4-2q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:25:23 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50438) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nubp3-0004Rz-VX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:25:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nubh0-0005zU-7L; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:17:02 -0400 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5754 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5754-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5754.126947976423015 (code B ref 5754); Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5754) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2010 01:16:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nubg4-0005zA-7I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:16:04 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nubg2-0005yp-9P for 5754@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:16:02 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEALZVqkvO+Kqq/2dsb2JhbACbGnS/eoR+BIsb X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.51,304,1267419600"; d="scan'208";a="59003800" Original-Received: from 206-248-170-170.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.170.170]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 24 Mar 2010 21:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A584A660BF; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:15:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:52:29 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:17:02 -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:35746 Archived-At: >>>> Not when building Emacs, but there should be a make target like >>>> `make test'. =A0And when choosing a unit test framework to add to Emac= s, >>>> 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. =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. The second point is probably easy, but the first is unlikely to stay true for long. Stefan