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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca>
Cc: Org Mode Mailing List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfc: using ert-deftest with side-effects
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:40:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mt9128sz.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt92elyy.fsf@t14.reltub.ca>

Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:

> However, I would like feedback/suggestions on writing such a
> test. Issues include:
>
> 1. how to clean up the side-effects, including changes in the test
>    buffer, filesystem and potentially creating an error buffer;

As you did, we generally use unwind-protect. Also, we prefer putting
temporary files into temporary directory.

You can grep for `make-temp-file' and `delete-file' in tests. There are
plenty of examples.

> 2. the general absence of similar tests (except in test-ob.el,
>    test-ob/result-graphics-link-type-header-argument).
> ...
> I am unsure about 2. Is the absence of such tests because there is a
> policy against them, or ...

We have no such policy. In fact, many tests are making
temporary files.

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-08  7:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-07 17:03 [PATCH] rfc: using ert-deftest with side-effects Leo Butler
2022-11-08  7:40 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-11-08 19:55   ` [PATCH] lisp/ob-octave.el, was " Leo Butler
2022-11-09  5:14     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-09 20:33       ` Leo Butler
2022-11-14  1:56         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15 19:43           ` Leo Butler
2022-12-17  8:25             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-17 10:06               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-21 11:56                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-22 13:32                   ` Leo Butler
2022-12-27 14:45                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-29  9:54                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-02  8:42                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-05 20:08                           ` Leo Butler
2023-01-06 15:11                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07  3:08                               ` Leo Butler
2023-01-10 20:30                                 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-11 11:15                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-11 21:51                                     ` Leo Butler
2023-01-12  8:42                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-13 18:00                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-14 13:04                                       ` Leo Butler
2023-01-14 13:13                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-14 15:16                                         ` Max Nikulin
2023-01-23 10:32                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-24 18:08                                         ` Leo Butler
2023-01-07 12:48                               ` Ihor Radchenko

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