Peter Vreman wrote: >> Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >>>>>>> 1. fpcunit didn't exist at the time the FPC tests were implemented. >>>>>>> 2. Using FPCunit creates a dependency on it. The tests can run >>>>>>> mostly >>>>>>> with only the system unit... >>>>>> Which dependencies? Maybe they can be reduced and a fpcunit can be >>>>>> added to tests? >>>>> fpcunit depends on not so much, but I want to avoid using the FCL in >>>>> the >>>>> testsuite... Creating a copy seems rather silly too... >>>> You can create an svn:external to important that one from the fcl >>>> without >>>> creating a real copy. >>> Good idea. >>> >>> Should we convert existing tests to fpcunit ? >> No, too much work, no real gain :) > > I agree here. New tests can be added with fpcunit. But the basic principe > of using the halt and the dotest program needs to stay in place.
I see no problem to execute "high" level tests using fpcunit. Maybe we need to redesign our tests structure a little bit because with the current test system we can't test fcl, packages and friends. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
