From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ert tests for elisp reference Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:52:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <10079.1374681689@theowa.merten-home.homelinux.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1374767583 18629 80.91.229.3 (25 Jul 2013 15:53:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:53:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Merten Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 25 17:53:05 2013 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 1V2Nqf-0004AK-T0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:53:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42116 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2Nqf-0008VH-Cz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:53:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35859) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2Nqc-0008Re-3K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:52:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2Nqb-0007n3-1m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:52:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38398) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2Nqa-0007my-Vb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:52:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2NqZ-0004rq-6Q; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:52:55 -0400 X-Spook: HAMASMOIS Noriega Cohiba ANDVT Arnett jihad White House X-Ran: %">8wyQ\FBFP!P)kY]A?>e4tj3sv5TSJ.&}h],qL8mB!.stmGR8ajgm:r2mkf\!_>mNK>u X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:162122 Archived-At: Stefan Merten wrote: > I wrote a couple of ert tests testing the contracts given in the Emacs > Lisp reference. I just started with the first few pages of the > reference. I could imagine continuing this work. It's a nice work I > can do in a 5 minute break. > > Included is a suggestion which I could put under `test/automated`. > Before I do this I'd appreciate comments whether the general direction > of this approach is ok or whether there are better ideas. Sure, why not? I'm not sure about having so many tiny files though - maybe one per chapter? Or just start with a single file for now, and split it up if/when it becomes too big?