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Re: Migrate to Autotest for testing framework?
- From: jtc at acorntoolworks dot com (J.T. Conklin)
- To: "Sam Lauber" <sam124 at operamail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:55:20 -0800
- Subject: Re: Migrate to Autotest for testing framework?
- References: <20050124024217.1E52223CF7@ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com>
- Reply-to: jtc at acorntoolworks dot com
"Sam Lauber" <sam124@operamail.com> writes:
> I think GCC should use GNU Autotest (part of Autoconf) as
> the testing framework instead of DejaGNU. It would (1)
> allow GCC to be tested on the platforms DejaGNU does not
> support, and (2) have the advantage of the shell. Also,
> since GCC is complexly tested, it would help Autotest
> development too.
Have you looked at the capabilities of DejaGNU the GCC testsuite uses
and compared them with what's available with Autotest? It seems like
a huge gulf to me. IMO it would be far easier to port DejaGNU to any
platforms where it's not supported than it would be to port the test-
suite itself.
It's not clear to me that the shell is a better language than tcl for
test suite development. I think Python is, which is why I use QMTest
for my personal use.
--jtc
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J.T. Conklin