On 9 Mar 2007, at 00:28, Adam Kennedy wrote:
I propose that we prefix lines from STDERR with '! ' in the same
way that '# ' is used for diagnostics. wstat and exit can just be
wstat 256
exit 1
The problem with STDERR and exit is that we can't actually use them
for anything significant.
We currently have the option of spooling parse TAP to a file during
testing for later consumption. If we store STDERR + exit in that TAP
it becomes possible to recreate the test run pretty accurately.
Otherwise when dealing with TAP streams that don't have a concept
of an exit code or a seperate error channel, the most common
example being web testing, we're left high and dry.
In which case you'd just omit them, no? I didn't imagine they'd be
mandatory.
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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
