Hi, > 1. Split all wire format de/serialization code out of each protocol > into a distinct library. Link against this library in both > `pcap-format` and `ocaml-<protocol>`. Unit test the protocol > implementation separately (perhaps via property-based testing which > might not require a separate implementation, perhaps relying on > completely distinct implementations like `libpcap`).
In my opinion, that's the preferable way to go. It's sometime not very easy and practical to split the repository into pieces, but hopefully opam 1.2.1 let you add `opam` and `foo-format.opam` to host two opam packages in the same repository. Best, Thomas > 2. Make `pcap-format` the only place all wire format parsing is done, > then much as 1. > > 3. Simply stop protocol unit tests depending on `pcap-format`, forcing > them to express tests differently (perhaps as property-based tests > that don't need a separate implementation of `parse`/`marshall`). > > Thoughts? > > -- > Richard Mortier > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > MirageOS-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mirageos-devel _______________________________________________ MirageOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mirageos-devel
