Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Faré
Sorry to parasite this mailing-list, but I'm trying to design the testing aspect of XCVB right now. The constraint is that we want to be able to use make as a backend, and that test results should thus be reified as files if we want to avoid re-running already-computed tests. My dim ideas about it

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Robert Goldman
Nikodemus Siivola wrote: > 2009/8/5 Robert Goldman : > >> Part of the problem with test-op is that the desired behavior has not >> been specified by the ASDF community. Because of the nature of ASDF, it >> is impossible for >> >> (asdf:test-system ) >> >> to return a value indicating whether or n

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Robert Goldman
Nikodemus Siivola wrote: > 2009/8/5 Robert Goldman : > >> Part of the problem with test-op is that the desired behavior has not >> been specified by the ASDF community. Because of the nature of ASDF, it >> is impossible for >> >> (asdf:test-system ) >> >> to return a value indicating whether or n

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Robert Goldman
Gary King wrote: >> Part of the problem with test-op is that the desired behavior has not >> been specified by the ASDF community. Because of the nature of ASDF, it >> is impossible for >> >> (asdf:test-system ) >> >> to return a value indicating whether or not has passed its >> tests. > > FWIW,

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Gary King
Hi James, mix stream delegation into the operation based on the slot value. I don't think I understand. Can you provide a pseudo-example? thanks, -- Gary Warren King, metabang.com Cell: (413) 559 8738 Fax: (206) 338-4052 gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM * gwking on twitter _

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Nikodemus Siivola
2009/8/5 Robert Goldman : > Part of the problem with test-op is that the desired behavior has not > been specified by the ASDF community.  Because of the nature of ASDF, it > is impossible for > > (asdf:test-system ) > > to return a value indicating whether or not has passed its tests. I would p

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread james anderson
On 2009-08-05, at 21:22 , Gary King wrote: ... Some time ago, I proposed that ASDF provide a stream argument to the test-op, providing a place into which the testing tool could dump its test report for human inspection. I can't say that this suggestion received universal approbation. Or disa

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Gary King
> Part of the problem with test-op is that the desired behavior has not > been specified by the ASDF community. Because of the nature of > ASDF, it > is impossible for > > (asdf:test-system ) > > to return a value indicating whether or not has passed its > tests. FWIW, I recently changed ope

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Robert Goldman
Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: > Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll writes: > >> What I would like to ask CL developers is to begin shipping regression >> tests with their libraries, and perhaps agree on an standard so that >> one can programatically check whether a library builds or not. This >> feature could

Re: [asdf-devel] About regression tests and libraries

2009-08-05 Thread Tobias C. Rittweiler
Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll writes: > What I would like to ask CL developers is to begin shipping regression > tests with their libraries, and perhaps agree on an standard so that > one can programatically check whether a library builds or not. This > feature could be even included in ASDF, asdf-insta

Re: [asdf-devel] Three queries ..

2009-08-05 Thread Nikodemus Siivola
2009/8/5 Greg Bennett : > As far as I can see, :pathname in asdf plays the role of :source-pathname. > In  looking for examples, I found the following in the mcclim.asd file: > .. ((:module "Tests" >        :pathname #.(make-pathname :directory '(:relative "Drei" "Tests")) >   :components > .. > A