> What is the is benefit of all these XFAIL'ed tests? A passed XFAIL'ed test is reported. Just as a seemly unrelated change can make a test fail, a seemly unrelated change can also make the test pass and it important to be aware both the cases.
On 7 August 2014 21:03, Peter Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > This is mostly a software design/engineering question: > > There are a large number of XFAILed tests in the test suite and some of them > are rather slow. Here's a sample output: > > sympy/core/tests/test_wester.py[396] > .........ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff > fXffwffffffffffffffffwffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffwfffffffffffffffffffffffffff > fffffffffffffffffffffff.fffffffwffffffffffffffffwfffwfffffffffff....swssws..wwww > wwwww........................................................................... > ................................................................................ > > sympy/galgebra/tests/test_ga.py[23] .....ffffff............ > [OK] > sympy/geometry/tests/test_geometry.py[24] ........................ > [OK] > sympy/integrals/tests/test_deltafunctions.py[2] .. > [OK] > sympy/integrals/tests/test_failing_integrals.py[20] ffffwfwffffwwffwfwws > [OK] > > What is the is benefit of all these XFAIL'ed tests? I can understand that > they serve a purpose in documenting behavior but why not just SKIP them to > cut down on testing time? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/ef749f67-6db9-40b2-9897-6164fd1d0287%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Harsh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CADN8iuoCD3k2wShEvkk7VHKTF2o%3DG3LF1G3QHV_7_Q-UHw7iWA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
