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Re: ACATS legal status cleared by FSF
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 06:40:27PM -0500, Geert Bosch wrote:
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> Yes, I'm confident it does too. That is why I am in favor of adding
> these tests and running them. Of all the Ada cases you're talking about,
> there has not even been one that was related to a B test. They are
> completely useless for testing the backend and almost useless for
> the front end.
My experience working on the C front end has been that tests for proper
diagnostics from ill-formed code are extremely useful. Can you explain
why they're almost useless for the Ada front end?
> I think it is important to realize, that it is easy enough to go and
> add B tests later on, if you find they would have caught problems that
> went by unnoticed. The tests are available and can be added at any time.
> Paying a high upfront price to prevent this scenario that the Ada
> maintainers find unlikely to be a problem, seems not a good idea to me.
> The only thing it will do is hinder development.
This is all fair. How about a compromise position where you check the B
tests into the CVS tree but don't bother adding dejagnu harnesses for them.
They are then instantly available if they are needed.
zw