Dear Paul:
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Paul Gilbert wrote:
Spencer
I do something a bit like this using make, and some "R like" directory
organization, to do "unit testing" of code for installing/checking
databases. The tests/ and an examples/ directory I added are fairly
straightforward. The fancier R things, like parsing examples out of Rd
files, and checking that documented arguments correspond to code, are
not so easy.
I think most of this fancy stuff is very specific to the R package
context, but it would be useful to think about how much of it could be
generalized. Let me know if you want more detail on my test setup.
Yes, I would like more detail. Only yesterday, I was reviewing
your article in R News on "R Package Maintenance". I could study that
and your comments here more carefully. However, it would help to have a
bit more detail on how you make this work.
Thanks very much.
Spencer
Paul
Spencer Graves wrote:
Hi, All:
How might one test Matlab and perl code during "R CMD check"?
I ask for two reasons: First, the "fda" package exists in both
R and Matlab, and it would help if we could run test examples in
Matlab as part of "R CMD check". I tried "R.matlab", but could not
get it to work in that context.
Second, I have professional colleagues who write code in Matlab
and perl, but have no unit or regression testing. If I could test
Matlab and perl from within "R CMD check" examples, I think I could
get them to use it, because it would produce more "trustworthy
software" [the "Prime Directive" of Chambers (2008) Software for Data
Analysis (Springer)] AND give them documentation at the same time --
while simultaneously reducing the cost of producing and maintaining
code to given specifications.
Thanks,
Spencer
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