Malcolm Wallace wrote:
Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
the other meaning, that you were expecting, is
fail = "exits with a non-zero exit code"
expected = "exiting with non-zero exit code is the correct behaviour"
"desired" wouldn't be right - all failures are undesired.
Not so. It is perfectly desired for a program to reject incorrect
input, and this is certainly something for which one might wish to have
a regression test.
Malcolm, you're misunderstanding the use of the term "fail" in this context. I
stated it in that message, but you cut off the quote:
fail = "exhibits incorrect behaviour"
expected = "we know about the bug and don't intend to fix it soon"
This makes perfect sense in the context of the result of a particular *test*.
You want to know whether the test demonstrated incorrect behaviour of the thing
you were testing; whether the thing returned a non-zero exit code or not is
beside the point.
All failures are undesired, because they demonstrate incorrect behaviour.
Cheers,
Simon
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