Re: Recursive Tests pros and cons

2007-09-03 Thread David E. Wheeler
A bit late on the reply here, but… On Aug 19, 2007, at 05:44, Ovid wrote: By historical accident, virtually all tools expect that tests are in test.pl or the 't/' directory. Merely by taking advantage of this and using a different, standard directory, we avoid breaking any of those tools. A n

Recursive Tests pros and cons

2007-08-19 Thread Ovid
Hi all, So here's the situation as it I see it. There's a general consensus that we need more flexibility in how we run our tests. This is because there are two broad categories of tests: 1. Tests which absolutely, definitely, unquestionably, beyond a shadow of a doubt, MUST NEVER FAIL. I'll