SmallCheck 0.3: another lightweight testing library in Haskell --------------------------------------------------------------
A new version of SmallCheck can be obtained from: http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/smallcheck0.3.tar Main differences from 0.2: * existential quantifiers now have unique variants for which two witnesses are reported when uniqueness fails; * the over-generating coseries method for functions of functional arguments has been replaced; * additional examples; * test counters are now Integers, not Ints! SmallCheck is similar to QuickCheck (Claessen and Hughes 2000-) but instead of testing for a sample of randomly generated values, SmallCheck tests properties for all the finitely many values up to some depth, progressively increasing the depth used. Folk-law: if there is any case in which a program fails, there is almost always a simple one. Corollary: if a program does not fail in any simple case, it almost never fails. Other possible sales pitches: * write test generators for your own types more easily * be sure any counter-examples found are minimal * write properties using existentials as well as universals * establish complete coverage of a defined test-space * display counter-examples of functional type Comments and suggestions welcome. Colin Runciman _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
