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Re: A testcase library
>>>>> "Volker" == Volker Reichelt <reichelt@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> writes:
>> Unless they are already in gcc testsuite, shouldn't they all be checked
>> in after converting them to dg (or c-torture) format, ideally on all of 3.2/3.3
>> branches and trunk?
Volker> This is not current policy. Christian has asked a similar question
Volker> before, and got the following mail snippet from Craig:
>> No, we only commit test cases when the bug's fixed. The rationale
>> being you don't want to add a new failing test case -- that'd
>> confuse people. Marking it XFAIL isn't really the right solution,
>> as then when you fix the bug, you don't know whether fixing the
>> XFAIL was accidental, and end up adding a new test case
>> anyway. Also, in fixing the bug, you (well I at least), can
>> construct a better test case having undersytood the failure mode.
How about committing the test cases and marking them as known failures
using DejaGnu's spiffy new KFAIL result?
Ben