On Tue, 10 May 2011, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:

> On Tue, 10 May 2011 08:31:08 +0200 (CEST)
> Julia Lawall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > > Why it expects 337 passed tests and why it didn't fail in the first run?
> > > It's interesting, that if I enable python things go back to normal.
> > > Looks like a bug.
> ...
> > The use of yes then updates the expected score to what was obtained on the 
> > first run.  A program "no" would thus be a better choice than "yes" for 
> > this kind of test, if you want to stay with the original results.
> > 
> > Then the problem is that there are some tests that include python.  
> > Because these tests have succeeded at some time in the past, they are 
> > still considered as potential successful tests, even though they did not 
> > succeed in the most current run.  Thus, the current run has 335 successful 
> > tests and 337 expected.
> 
> Ah, so answering "yes" not just substitutes with local success result, but 
> joins all
> currently and previously passed tests.

This is correct.

> Yeah, would be cool to have a bit smarter -testall which would 'SKIP' tests
> and avoid evpecting them to pass if feature does not present.

Indeed.

> Thanks detailed explanation!

Thanks for pointing out the problem.

julia
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