Re: test-ob-sh/session

[Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>]

Eric Schulte writes:
> There are a number of tests which execute shell code blocks in
> test-ob.el.  This file has no guards, so it will be run on every
> system.

I know, I'm not (currently) talking about these.  What puzzles me is
that the three tests in test-ob-sh get defined and run even though the
feature ob-sh is not available.  It may be that this gets somehow
subverted by having the other tests unguarded, but I can't see how.

> I guess at the time I wrote these tests I assumed that every system
> would support both emacs-lisp and sh code blocks.

Specifically a shell that is more or less POSIX compatible... even
though even tcsh passes all tests.  :-)

> At some point either
>
> 1. all tests in test-ob.el which run sh code blocks should be placed
>    behind conditional guards so they are only loaded when shell support
>    is present

That would be preferrable for tests which really depend on a shell being
available.

> 2. all tests in test-ob.el which run sh code blocks should be switched
>    to running emacs-lisp code blocks

And this would be preferred for tests which should always be run without
making any assumptions on the environment.



Regards,
Achim.
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