Re: [RFC] testsuite/gdb.base/arithmet.exp: re-write

Fernando Nasser
2001-06-11T07:31:00Z

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.

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