From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca>
Cc: Org Mode Mailing List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfc: using ert-deftest with side-effects
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:40:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mt9128sz.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt92elyy.fsf@t14.reltub.ca>
Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
> However, I would like feedback/suggestions on writing such a
> test. Issues include:
>
> 1. how to clean up the side-effects, including changes in the test
> buffer, filesystem and potentially creating an error buffer;
As you did, we generally use unwind-protect. Also, we prefer putting
temporary files into temporary directory.
You can grep for `make-temp-file' and `delete-file' in tests. There are
plenty of examples.
> 2. the general absence of similar tests (except in test-ob.el,
> test-ob/result-graphics-link-type-header-argument).
> ...
> I am unsure about 2. Is the absence of such tests because there is a
> policy against them, or ...
We have no such policy. In fact, many tests are making
temporary files.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-08 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-07 17:03 [PATCH] rfc: using ert-deftest with side-effects Leo Butler
2022-11-08 7:40 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-11-08 19:55 ` [PATCH] lisp/ob-octave.el, was " Leo Butler
2022-11-09 5:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-09 20:33 ` Leo Butler
2022-11-14 1:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-15 19:43 ` Leo Butler
2022-12-17 8:25 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-17 10:06 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-21 11:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-22 13:32 ` Leo Butler
2022-12-27 14:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-29 9:54 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-02 8:42 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-05 20:08 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-06 15:11 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07 3:08 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-10 20:30 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-11 11:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-11 21:51 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-12 8:42 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-13 18:00 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-14 13:04 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-14 13:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-14 15:16 ` Max Nikulin
2023-01-23 10:32 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-24 18:08 ` Leo Butler
2023-01-07 12:48 ` Ihor Radchenko
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