On the test suite itself ... On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Frank Bennett <[email protected]> wrote:
... > The "syntax" of the test fixtures is admittedly a dog's breakfast > currently, set up in a rush before speeding forward with the coding. > JSON has been used to describe the input data mostly because it does > not require conversion (saving me the time required to write a > converter), and because typing hundreds of tests in JSON by hand is at > least a little less painful than writing hundreds of tests in XML. > However, now that we have the processor running in at least two > interactive applications, recasting the fixtures in a single uniform > syntax seems a good idea, and the obvious choice would be XML. Two things: 1) are you suggesting re-casting the JSON input data as well in this context as XML, or simply embedding the JSON in an XML node? I presume the latter. 2) would this be an opportunity as well to address Sylvester's suggestion on simplifying the output syntax; I presume a la ... <span style="font-weight:bold;"/> ...? E.g. something without such particular nested HTML? Only worthwhile if you, Andrea, and Sylvester want it, really. Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ xbiblio-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel
