Re: Test framework

[Onno Kortmann]

Now, some questions and comments :)

> There are the beginnings of a test suite using cppunit that I contributed
> at the beginning of the year.  All the files are in the tests directory
> along with the standalone test (that need to be converted to unit tests
> someday). ccxx_tests.cpp is the runner that runs all the unit tests.  the
> files prefixed like Test_ are the individual suites for the classes that
> have unit tests.  take a look at them for how to structure the tests.
>
> You might search the archives as there was a lot of discussion dec 2002,
> jan 2003 about it.
>
Yes, I read that. I am even a bit familiiar with cppunit, using it in an own 
project...
Now, my first question: Why is there crc related stuff in ccxx_tests.cpp?

> To enable compilation of the unit tests you have to configure with an extra
> option for now.
>
> ./configure --with-cppunit
>
> also there are a few unit tests (specifically the persistence engine ones)
> that don't yet work on linux for some reason (I haven't had a chance to
> find out why).
Regarding persistence, I have a rather general question: How is platform 
independence of the files/streams achieved? I'm thinking of endianess. Or is 
the persistence framework not used to interchange data?
(Asked that already, but it was lost in the ML traffic)

> It would be wonderful if you wrote test cases as you learn the api.  I was
> doing some of the same.  just remember to report any bugs you find while
> writing the tests, as I'm sure you will (I did). 
I'll see what I can do in my little spare time...

> Also feel free to make
> test cases out of the functionality in some of the stand alone test
> programs too.
Really? Wouldn't that be somehow redundant... I mean if there is a bug in the 
testcode then there is one in the democode and vice versa?

Cheers,

Onno