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From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
To: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>,
	Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>,
	Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com>,
	notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test: make test_expect_equal_file() arguments flexible
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2d39xb6lc.fsf@guru.guru-group.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cuny5sl5mp7.fsf@hotblack-desiato.hh.sledj.net>

On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:33:56 +0000, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:24:32 -0800, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
> > If this is really a problem, I vote for 1.  In general, I am not in
> > favor of making the test suite more complicated than it needs to be.
> 
> After listening to the debate, I agree. The documentation should state
> that the order is 'expected actual' (or the other way around) and
> offenders should be shot on sight^W^W^Wfixed.

I've started to agree with Dmitry.

Why do something that computer can do -- to guide test writers to
give args in consistent order and provide suitable filenames.

Secondly as the output files are provided for human consumption
if there is consistent naming in expected output files helps 
developers getting parts of the big picture easier and finding 
right filenames easier.

... and the reviewers doesn't need to keep their plasma guns
handly.

Tomi

  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-02 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-01  7:19 [PATCH] test: make test_expect_equal_file() arguments flexible Dmitry Kurochkin
2012-02-01  8:12 ` David Edmondson
2012-02-01  8:47 ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2012-02-01  8:55   ` Tomi Ollila
2012-02-01  9:23     ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2012-02-01  9:19   ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2012-02-01 10:18     ` Tomi Ollila
2012-02-01 10:37       ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2012-02-01 17:24         ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2012-02-01 23:42           ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2012-02-02  0:07             ` Dmitry Kurochkin
2012-02-02 14:33           ` David Edmondson
2012-02-02 15:25             ` Tomi Ollila [this message]
2012-02-02 17:40 ` Jameson Graef Rollins
2012-09-02  2:38 ` David Bremner

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