Re: Re: Test framework needed

[Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com>]

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On 30/03/11 16:11, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> 
>> On 30/03/11 15:46, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 30 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I was bitten again from an unintended regression in org-mode, and that
>>>> the second time in two weeks.
>>>>
>>>> I am probably not the right person to suggest this, but I think it is
>>>> time to introduce a test framework for org-mode, to ensure that the
>>>> (without doubt useful) approach to develop org-mode does not lead to
>>>> regressions.
>>>
>>> This would be the page to start with, though the most likely candidate
>>> (Elisp Regression Testing) is only available in Emacs trunk at the
>>> moment…
>>>
>>> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UnitTesting
>>
>> Am I right in assuming, that all of the possible test frameworks would
>> require org files and the expected output (tengle, export to ...,
>> agenda, ...)? In this case, would it make sense to start collecting
>> those, as they can easily be user contributed, consequently representing
>> a cross section of the use cases (even not intended use cases)?
> 
> Yup, what you would need is some org source files that exercise all of
> the possible export options (for testing export, for example), including
> weird edge cases, and then ERT (if that's what we ended up using) would
> provide handy functions for making sure the export output matches
> expectations. The excellent gentleman who created the ODT exporter,
> whose name currently escapes me, has already created test files for his
> exporter—that would be a perfect place to start.
> 
> Covering all of org's various functions would end up being a bit of a
> PITA, though you're quite right that it's an excellent idea, and will
> become more and more necessary.

So would there be a possibility of "normal org users" (if there is such
a thing ...) to contribute to this?

What would be needed? Any specific structure of the org files?

Rainer

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