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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



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