From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fernando Nasser To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain 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 Message-id: <3B24D581.80F0205F@redhat.com> References: <200106110002.RAA07594@bosch.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-06/msg00211.html 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