I've redirected the cc's to plt-dev. (please do the same.) On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Michael Sperber <sper...@deinprogramm.de> wrote: > > Robby Findler <ro...@eecs.northwestern.edu> writes: > >> The test suite engine kind of straddles this world, so as long as >> you're careful to do the same straddling, then you should be safe. But >> do note that this means you should not be using the string-constant >> form on code that runs as part of the user's program (since it expands >> into code that might touch the preferences file). > > I still don't understand: Of course, the test cases are run by the > user's program, and the error messages are caused by that program, too. > But the user's program doesn't expand into code that uses the string > constants---rather, it calls out to that code.
If you're happy with your code only working in drscheme, that's fine. But I wouldn't be happy with that for the HtDP teaching languages. In general, the HtDP teaching languages code does not depend on the drscheme-level preferences and I would prefer to keep it that way. I'm not sure what Matthias okay'd, but I don't think he would/should have okay'd that. The solution seems pretty straightforward, however -- just don't use string-constants for this. Have two versions of the testing library, a german one and an english one and just load the right one in the right teaching language. Robby _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
