Ada policy

[Robert Dewar]

Richard Kenner wrote:
>     A while ago I asked for these 0000-xxx tests (I believe they are those
>     you describe, right?) 

In fact I sent a few along as you will remember! Nothing seemed to
happen with them, so doing more of them is on my list, but not done
yet.
> 
> Well, 000x-xxx, but yes.
> 
>     The current ACATS harness need no or little modification to run
>     non ACATS tests, if no one has another Ada-aware harness at hand, I can
>     collect the test cases from the GCC archives and put them there.
> 
> Doesn't that harness depend on the test using the Report mechanism,
> which random tests won't do?  Certainly most of the one you cite don't:
> they rely on printing output and comparing it with a known-good file.

None of our purpose written tests use report, they all use a comparison
approach, as Richard knows.
> 
> You're familiar with the format of those tests.  Some harness that could
> run them would be a good start.