From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Best practice for mocking functions/prompts/etc. Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:56:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20141108193423.4e021283@forcix> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415494625 3375 80.91.229.3 (9 Nov 2014 00:57:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 00:57:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jorgen Schaefer Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 09 01:56:59 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1XnGoM-0001kM-LF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:56:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37208 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnGoM-0003pJ-8w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:56:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59147) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnGoE-0003p3-Q3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:56:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnGo9-0003rT-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:56:50 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:57490) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnGo9-0003rP-0v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:56:45 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1XnGnp-0005bY-Bp; Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:56:25 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAElBMVEXT0M2gn578+/lQUFD/ ///+//6lZe/EAAACTklEQVQ4jWWUwZarIAyGE6R7Au0eU9xLOXdvPene8ej7v8oNaHvvzLDosXwm +X8ShOyACpEXkX3f5FyvHXLI1oh07d8HiEAZN4myhFTJ/yADyjPdjfxYkNlKTE+3/QIXsgYmuv4E xUEAhMsvkIfXTH6Q3xHdbXYRkv+3tx4RkiYtHHOVewA+gfRI9skfEJ3RB1BnlvEK8gFIpK6AYvAy mfEDVgWUBB4yo4nxXo9kP0qwI1vBBmjlKR8Q0eBFYAw5KMAPeEXiYRfwkefxOPYDbDOjMwLqeKGL dJssAFWb/hK5pDUwS4y9nXUHTH2tLqsdLC7QiNdYgVZTuUhgYVxhCQgdtxTgZe7TzKn2Y+7xJk8H baHMlFBnQ99auzLKpEAtA6aFnEFKQH6ljOkZyQE619neo520eNByVEbU2l3IVK7oY4pVlaNgcnj0 ACGU0V3QJG6piqH9tqaqFh0YIHSsxwuFnNtvIlMTRa5X23tETaVg+SMyVxs6w72K0tn0UHSiCVvj MoHhxblKjILyGL6sdl6dGE5zs2NfFeRhvdY+KBhkqn60TgU0LHXcdmYdlYl8WjU75FLc8NU6vq+b tAhqETmrNb0yrwO8qrbawUJ6Q1CbrIDrXVAjsMkBXD/smwY0MKNPElVuyDgq2GvtBphby0oZ9QR1 YN5gaj2vIBd/NzzoPqejxgkUkWF+A50EgMvawNgd+zzUmwJaY9gaePRniIp78a59MsMREdmfQDVo Jn08amTj38k4VuMnqB8Zfi9smk4QmL+D49i/g9haTH8BPym3H/JocOQAAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: Knifehandchop's _Respect To All The Haters_: "DJs Get Uncomfortable (With Interrupt Vector)" X-Hashcash: 1:23:141109:forcer@forcix.cx::fc4sd5Lxc7A1rQhH:05Is5 X-Hashcash: 1:23:141109:emacs-devel@gnu.org::sXQJW9r0eXH0BMGd:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000oNVl In-Reply-To: <20141108193423.4e021283@forcix> (Jorgen Schaefer's message of "Sat, 8 Nov 2014 19:34:23 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1XnGnp-0005bY-Bp MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1416099385.74901@v/In7LjC86sk3WarAfg/6g X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176601 Archived-At: Jorgen Schaefer 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.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no