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Re: why does GCC have so many tests?
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
- To: Jonathan Wilson <jonwil at tpgi dot com dot au>
- Cc: gcc mailing list <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:11:48 -0700
- Subject: Re: why does GCC have so many tests?
- References: <3F9002C2.9050500@tpgi.com.au>
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 07:54, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> I am guessing that the tests are:
> 1.tests for bugs that have been fixed (to make sure they STAY fixed)
> 2.tests for things that may look like bugs to some people but which arent
> in fact bugs because the standard says to do things that way
> and 3.tests for things that work to make sure they stay working.
>
> Any other reason for all the tests?
That just about covers it. And if you think that's a lot of tests check
out some of the commercial conformance tests...
-eric
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Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>