[phobos] Silent failure of std.container unittests
Benjamin Shropshire
benjamin at precisionsoftware.us
Fri Jul 16 19:57:21 PDT 2010
Michel Fortin wrote:
> Walter had a point... what if you want to test multiple outputs of the same function on one go? Here's an example:
>
> unittest {
> int[3] result = makeSomeTable(399, 383, 927);
> assert(result[0] == 281);
> assert(result[1] == 281);
> assert(result[2] == 281);
> }
>
> Here, each assert is independent one from another and knowing that the first and the third fails but not the second might help diagnose the problem.
>
> I think Jonathan's idea is quite on the spot. It'd allow you to write this:
>
> unittest {
> int[3] result = makeSomeTable(399, 383, 927);
> unittest { assert(result[0] == 281); }
> unittest { assert(result[1] == 281); }
> unittest { assert(result[2] == 281); }
> }
>
> and each "unittest assert" becomes an independent test that may fail but without interrupting the flow of the outside scope.
That the use mode I was thinking of. Right after I hit send, I realized
that what I had said would include allowing unittests in main.
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