[Chicken-users] Chicken Testing (Was: file-exists? on Windows)

[Kon Lovett]

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On May 14, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Graham Fawcett wrote:

> On 14 May 2007 16:05:34 -0300, Mario Domenech Goulart
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:58:26 -0400 "Graham Fawcett"  
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Insert fuzzy, incomplete thought here, about how we could use a  
> > system
> > > for cooperatively defining unit tests against Chicken and extension
> > > modules, to turn up and help resolve issues like these. (It  
> > should be
> > > as easy to define a test as it is to edit a Wiki page, and at least
> > > twice as fun.)
> >
> > If I remember (and understand) correctly, Alejandro has some ideas
> > about extending svnwiki to provide a wiki interface for test-cases
> > submission.
>
> Yes, that's the sort of thing. I think the test-cases should
> ultimately end up Chicken's source repository -- or the eggs
> repository, for modules -- so that they can be performed after a build
> if desired. But a Web-based tool (wiki or otherwise) would be an easy
> way to share, discuss and refine tests.

Currently I am using {chicken-repository}/testbase/tests to hold the  
per egg test files. But I understand Felix is thinking of moving to a  
subdir per installed egg. In that situation it makes more sense to  
include them in the installed egg dir.

> Sandboxing would be crucially important if the wiki were chosen,
> though. I would hate to test if (zero? (system "rm -Rf /")) is true on
> my platform...

Yep forgot to support this. Thanks.

> G
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> g

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