Re: [patch][test] Avoid writes to non-temp test-example files

[Martyn Jago <martyn.jago@btinternet.com>]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> Martyn Jago <martyn.jago@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Attached is a patch to modify all tests that currently write to non-temp
>> test-example files such as `testing/babel.org'. Instead, the tests now
>> write to temp files, which are thrown away at the conclusion of the
>> test.
>> 
>
> Are the temp files kept if the test fails? IME, that's a useful debugging aid.
>
> Nick
>
>> All tests still pass.
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> Best, Martyn
>> 

If a test fails (or breaks in some way) and the temp-file has been
created, it remains in the `temporary-file-directory' (the test system
uses the standard Emacs make-temp-file mechanism). The file is
referenced in the ert failure backtrace, and may be viewed in Emacs (press `b' on
the failure in ert), although there is usually enough information in the
backtrace / test-case to point to the failure.

Emacs takes care of removing the old tmp files over time.

Best, Martyn