Should unittests run as logical part of compilation?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/26/14 5:36 PM, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> On 1/25/14, 7:55 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> There's this simple realization that unittests could (should?) be
>> considered an intrinsic part of the build process. In order for an
>> executable to be worth running, it should pass the regular semantic
>> checks and also the unittests, which in a sense are extended semantic
>> checks that fall outside the traditional charter of the compiler.
>
> I can imagine someone who discovered a bug late at night, has a fix and
> needs to upload the new executable as soon as possible: he quickly
> comments all failing unit tests to make them pass. The next morning he
> uncomments them and fixes them with tranquility.

The point being?

Andrei