Time for Phobos CTFE-ability unittests...right? RIGHT?

Brad Roberts braddr at puremagic.com
Tue Jul 12 19:21:06 PDT 2011


On 7/12/2011 7:14 PM, bcs wrote:
> == Quote from Adam D. Ruppe (destructionator at gmail.com)'s article
>> I'd like to point out that *normal code* in Phobos is losing
>> functionality far too often too, like replace() no longer working
>> on immutable strings as of the last release.
>> Generalized templates are great, but not at the cost of existing
>> functionality!
> 
> The answer to both problems is to have a test suit that is very easy
> for the average user to add code to that's run along with the current auto-tester. What I'm thinking of is somthing like codepad.org where
> anyone can submit a code sample and where "interested parties" get informed when the results for them change. With that in place, when
> some one hits a regression it can be added to the (or a) regression
> suit with just a few clicks. With a bit more work, you could even let
> people "go back in time" and show that a test case user to run.
> 
> Heck, I was looking into building exactly that a few months back but
> real life got in the way.

Why separate at all?  Add tests to phobos directly like any other unit test.




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