automake-patches
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[FYI] {test-protocols} tap docs: we don't support pragma or version dire


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: [FYI] {test-protocols} tap docs: we don't support pragma or version directives (yet)
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 23:13:53 +0200
User-agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.30-2-686; KDE/4.4.4; i686; ; )

* doc/automake.texi (Incompatibilities with other TAP parsers
and drivers): Document that limitation.  Normalize an unrelated
"TODO" item.
---
 ChangeLog         |    7 +++++++
 doc/automake.texi |    5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 80e5163..6036f42 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2011-08-05  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
 
+       tap docs: we don't support pragma or version directives (yet)
+       * doc/automake.texi (Incompatibilities with other TAP parsers
+       and drivers): Document that limitation.  Normalize an unrelated
+       "TODO" item.
+
+2011-08-05  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
+
        tap: new option to change the string designating TAP diagnostic
        Here we introduce a new option `--diagnostic-string' in our TAP
        test driver, that allows the user to specify which string should
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index 254e98c..c63742d 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -9772,13 +9772,16 @@ the test script it occurs into.  This doesn't follows 
TAP specifications,
 but on the other hand it maximizes compatibility (and code sharing) with
 the ``hard error'' concept of the default @option{parallel-tests} driver.
 @item
+The @code{version} and @code{pragma} directives are not supported.
address@hidden
 The @option{--diagnostic-string} option of out driver allows to modify
 the string that introduces TAP diagnostic from the default value
 of address@hidden''.  The standard TAP protocol has currently no way to
 allow this, so if you use it your diagnostic will be lost to more
 compliant tools like @command{prove} and @code{Test::Harness}
 @item
address@hidden: there's surely something else ...
+And there are probably some other small and yet undiscovered
+incompatibilities, especially in corner cases or with rare usages.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Links and external resources on TAP
-- 
1.7.2.3




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]