From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>
To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] testsuite/gdb.base/arithmet.exp: re-write
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 07:31:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B24D581.80F0205F@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200106110002.RAA07594@bosch.cygnus.com>
Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
> Because this is a rewrite, I'm asking for comments first, not for approval
> to commit. Do you think that this is a worthwhile endeavor? If it
> is, do you have any comments on the new file? If it is not worthwhile,
> do you have alternate suggestions for how to fix the duplicate test names?
>
Absolutely! It is worthwhile. And it is very nice of you of taking the
time to do this.
When tests use the gdb_test they re-use all the knowledge that we put in
that function code (like the possible outcomes and so one). And the
unique names help people that use scripts to process the tests.
--
Fernando Nasser
Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser@redhat.com
2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300
Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-11 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-10 16:57 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2001-06-11 7:31 ` Fernando Nasser [this message]
2001-06-11 17:55 ` Jim Blandy
2001-06-11 21:48 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2001-06-12 7:55 ` Jim Blandy
2001-06-12 9:42 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
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