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Re: regression-checker: Add in new passes during regression.
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- To: hp at bitrange dot com
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:32:43 -0800
- Subject: Re: regression-checker: Add in new passes during regression.
- References: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0203110621230.60235-100000@dair.pair.com>
- Reply-to: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 06:23:09 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
> cc: <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>
>
> I copied the regression-checking parts to my own regression
> tester and discovered that during a regress-N state, new passes
> are not added, so regressions in new tests would then not be
> discovered. I think it's confusing to not see new regressions
> during a state of regression, so how about this?
> Not tested at all, except that "cat - file" works and that I use
> the corresponding change myself and nothing's broke yet.
This is not done because sometimes a really broken patch can cause
tests to pass even though they shouldn't. For instance, if GCC did
'exit (0)' before actually compiling anything, a broken compile
testcase would suddenly pass.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>