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Re: Wiki pages on tests cases
- From: "Giovanni Bajo" <giovannibajo at libero dot it>
- To: "Jonathan Wakely" <cow at compsoc dot man dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 13:23:10 +0100
- Subject: Re: Wiki pages on tests cases
- References: <20051127115807.GA44408@noisy.compsoc.man.ac.uk>
Jonathan Wakely <cow@compsoc.man.ac.uk> wrote:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/HowToPrepareATestcase
> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/TestCaseWriting
>
> The second one seems fairly gfortran-specific, but doesn't mention
> that fact anywhere. If the second page adds info that is generally
> useful to the whole compiler, that info should be in the first page.
> If it doesn't, it should clearly say it is gfortran-specific, or
> should be removed.
>
> Yes, I know it's a wiki and I can do this myself, but I only have so
> much spare time and maybe the second one was added for a good reason.
I think they should be merged. The second page (I never saw it before) takes a
more tutorial-like approach. Maybe it could be inserted somewhere at the start
of the first page like a quick example or something.
Giovanni Bajo