Fortran testing strategies

[Tobias.Schlueter@Physik.Uni-Muenchen.DE]

Quoting Andreas Voellmy <andreas.voellmy@gmail.com>:

> I'm pretty new to this list. I've noticed a lot of posts mentioning
> test suites. I'm wondering if someone could describe how the fortran
> test suites are implemented. Are they written with the help of a test
> framework, maybe something like the xUnit frameworks? Are there some
> useful utility functions people have developed?
>
> I'm asking because I am adding some new features on a large fortran
> project and I'd like to incorporate unit testing on these new
> features. It would be great if anyone can share their test strategies
> here.

Please note that we're testing the compiler, so your requirements might be
different.  We're using the dejagnu testing framework, which is not really
something we enjoy.  A good start for documentation on gcc's testsuite can be
found here: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/TestingGCC

HTH,
- Tobias Schlüter