"Greg London" <[email protected]> writes: ... > But the environment I'm working on now has > many hundreds of registers. And it's not simply a matter > of selecting the mode for the dut. There are a lot of > sequential operations that need to be done that isn't > simply a matter of data-based testing. > > If a fault-bit is set, I need to change the condition > so that the cause of the fault goes away. Then I check > the bit to make sure it's still set because its sticky. > Then I clear the fault, and read it to make sure that > it finally got clear. > > I was working on one project where the project manager > suggested data-based testing. We looked at the DUT, and > I said we need an "if" statement. I looked some more, > and it was clear we needed a "looping" statement. And > the looping statement needed "variables". And rather than > re-inventing a computer language, we dropped the data > approach, and wrote the tests with an existing language.
Function objects in combination with regular data in initializer lists? I often lose the data driven approach too, but I notice a definite decrease in the number of tests I write when I do. But I guess this approach could be interpreted to fall under the category of "re-inventing a computer language." If you have C++11, lambda expressions might also be helpful. - Mike _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
