Re: test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-04-07 Thread Michael G Schwern
Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > * Michael G Schwern [2009-03-31T18:22:50] >>> What if display types could be provided informationally in the TAP stream. >>> The stream could include: >>> >>> want: foo bar >>> have: foo bar >>> presentation: Some::Plugin >>> >>> With the plugin installed, the present

Re: test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-04-05 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
* Michael G Schwern [2009-03-31T18:22:50] > > What if display types could be provided informationally in the TAP stream. > > The stream could include: > > > > want: foo bar > > have: foo bar > > presentation: Some::Plugin > > > > With the plugin installed, the presentation layer could fix

Re: test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-04-01 Thread Michael G Schwern
David Golden wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: >> But it's really more useful for more complicated formatting. Something >> simple >> like making subtle whitespace differences visible should be a feature of the >> TAP consumer. > > Which is why it will be nice w

Re: test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-03-31 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Michael G Schwern # on Tuesday 31 March 2009 15:22: >    want:  foo bar >    have:  foo bar >    display: | >       want: foo\N{SPACE}bar >       have: foo\N{KLINGON MOMENT OF SILENCE}bar > >But it's really more useful for more complicated formatting. >  Something simple like making subtle

Re: test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-03-31 Thread David Golden
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > But it's really more useful for more complicated formatting.  Something simple > like making subtle whitespace differences visible should be a feature of the > TAP consumer. Which is why it will be nice when the "consumer" isn't just get

Re: test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-03-31 Thread Michael G Schwern
Ricardo SIGNES wrote: > I'm mostly sending this email because I had an idea, and it's late, and I > don't > want to forget. > > Today it occured to me that many Test:: extensions are more about better > diagnostic output than better test comparison. > > This stinks: > > want: foo bar > have

test harness presentation layer plugins

2009-03-30 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
I'm mostly sending this email because I had an idea, and it's late, and I don't want to forget. Today it occured to me that many Test:: extensions are more about better diagnostic output than better test comparison. This stinks: want: foo bar have: foo bar So you write some plugin that doe