std.unittests [updated] for review

[Masahiro Nakagawa]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:34:49 +0900, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com>  
wrote:

> In case you didn't know, I have a set of unit test helper functions  
> which have
> been being reviewed for possible inclusion in phobos. Here's an update.
>
> Most recent code: http://is.gd/F1OHat
>
> Okay. I took the previous suggestions into consideration and adjusted  
> the code a
> bit more. However, most of the changes are to the documentation (though  
> there
> are some changes to the code). Some of the code duplication was removed,  
> and the
> way that some of the assertPred functions' errors are formatted has been  
> altered
> so that values line up vertically, making them easier to compare. The  
> big change
> is the docs though. There's now a fake version of assertPred at the top  
> with an
> overall description for assertPred followed by the individual versions  
> with as
> little documentation as seemed appropriate while still getting all of the
> necessary information across. A couple of the functions still have  
> irritatingly
> long example sections, but anything less wouldn't get the functionality  
> across.
>
> In any case. Here's the updated code. Review away. Andrei set the vote  
> deadline
> for February 7th, at which point, if it passes majority vote, then it  
> will go
> into Phobos. The number of functions is small enough now (thanks to  
> having
> consolidated most of them into the fantastically versatile assertPred)  
> that it
> looks like it will likely go in std.exception if the vote passes rather  
> than
> becoming a new module. So, the std.unittests title has now become a bit  
> of a
> misnomer, but that's what I've been calling it, so it seemed appropriate  
> to
> continue to label it that way in the thread's title.

I vote Andrei's suggestion, std.exception is better than new std.unittests.
I think testing module should provide more features(e.g. Mock, Stub...).
Your helpers help assert writing style but not help testing.
In addition, std.exception already defined similar functions.


Masahiro