Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: new problem compiling wh-sandbox

[Christian Aistleitner]

Hello,

> It seems however not so totally trivial to adapt AldorUnit for Axiom  
> since Axiom does not have exception handling. And there are some more  
> details which Christian could report about.

yes, there are indeed several problems and after discussing some of them  
with Martin, he said he'll have a look. So not all issues are resolved yet  
and as it is not a top priority issue for myself now, I assume that some  
time will pass until there is some "AxiomUnit" from me or Martin.

Writing tests like

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-04/msg00030.html

basically works. But you don't get too much help from such a framework  
when resolving issues. For straightforward or obvious errors in code, such  
test might do. However, I assume you'll soon reach a point where you  
cannot test what you intend to test--because of the limitations imposed by  
your approach.
But don't get me wrong. I like every step towards test driven development.  
Be it some kind to specify tests or a full-blown testing framework.

In any case, I got used to JUnit and modelled AldorUnit after it. Since  
Axiom and Aldor are rather closely connected I think both sides would  
profit from using a common syntax to denote tests.

For example the Aldor-combinat project compiles to Aldor and Axiom. I  
suggest it would be of great value to them to be able to reuse their tests  
for the Axiom testing machinery.
I do not know Axiom too well. So can you point me to a document I can  
read, so I get the where your testing machinery is heading to? Afterwards  
it would certainly be good to discuss AldorUnit tests in Axiom and Axiom  
tests in Aldor.

Kind regards,
Christian