Re: [JS-internals] Regressions in js/src/tests?

2012-10-18 Thread Brendan Eich
Brendan Eich wrote: Dave Mandelin wrote: IIUC, this isn't a regression. It's a test that has never worked consistently across platforms. It used to, AFAIK. The test dates from 2009 (pre-hg, it's in cvs.mozilla.org). I don't recall it ever failing like this, or anyone reporting such a failure

Re: [JS-internals] Regressions in js/src/tests?

2012-10-18 Thread Brendan Eich
Dave Mandelin wrote: IIUC, this isn't a regression. It's a test that has never worked consistently across platforms. It used to, AFAIK. The test dates from 2009 (pre-hg, it's in cvs.mozilla.org). I don't recall it ever failing like this, or anyone reporting such a failure. Seems we do have

Re: [JS-internals] Regressions in js/src/tests?

2012-10-18 Thread Dave Mandelin
On Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:54:33 AM UTC-7, Brendan Eich wrote: > Terrence Cole wrote: > > > On 10/17/2012 10:01 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: > > >> Terrence and I have had problems with that one before. IIRC the test > >> has some bogosity about it, but I don't remember the details -- >

Re: [JS-internals] Regressions in js/src/tests?

2012-10-18 Thread Terrence Cole
On 10/18/2012 09:54 AM, Brendan Eich wrote: > > Terrence Cole wrote: >> On 10/17/2012 10:01 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: >>> Terrence and I have had problems with that one before. IIRC the test >>> has some bogosity about it, but I don't remember the details -- >>> Terrence, do you? >> >> I'll

Re: [JS-internals] Regressions in js/src/tests?

2012-10-18 Thread Brendan Eich
Terrence Cole wrote: On 10/17/2012 10:01 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: Terrence and I have had problems with that one before. IIRC the test has some bogosity about it, but I don't remember the details -- Terrence, do you? I'll just echo what Nicolas said: anything that changes the interpre

Re: [JS-internals] Regressions in js/src/tests?

2012-10-18 Thread Terrence Cole
On 10/17/2012 10:01 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Brendan Eich wrote: >> $ ./Darwin_DBG.OBJ/js -f tests/shell.js -f tests/js1_8/shell.js -f >> tests/js1_8/genexps/shell.js -f tests/js1_8/genexps/regress-380237-01.js - >> BUGNUMBER: 380237 >> STATUS: Generator ex