[Swan-dev] tests with empty expected console output

Andrew Cagney andrew.cagney at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 18:43:24 UTC 2016


On 22 April 2016 at 11:49, Paul Wouters <paul at nohats.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>> I noticed that a number of tests have empty (rather than missing)
>> expected console output vis:
>
>
> usually done because the files were already in git. Or because code
> changed so much the test is known to need fixing. It ensures a fail :)

That was my hunch :-)

>> From my pov I think it would be better to be consistent and have no output
>> vis:
>
>
> Either works, I don't think we care that much. Feel free to git rm the
> 0 length files.
>
> The ones marked "good" were probably thought to be an easy fix :P

Yea, I zapped the empty files for the "good" tests, but left the "wip"
tests alone.


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