[Oorexx-devel] New ooRexx Test Discussion

[David A. <da...@us...>]

All -

I want to start a new discussion on a completely new set of test units for
ooRexx - the new APIs. I would like to start work on these pretty soon but
first we need to discuss how to accomplish this unit since it will need to
be compiled and linked before it can be tested. Here are some simple
question I believe need to be answered before we proceed trying to build
these test units.

1. Do we make these test units completely optional?
2. Do we always require the C++ code to be compiled and linked?
3. Do we supply prebuilt shared libraries for the tests? (a really bad idea
IMHO)
4. How granular should the tests be?
5. How should the tests be organized? Do we separate the external function
tests from the external method tests?
6. What kind of assumptions can we make?

This should get the discussion started. I have strong opinions on a few of
these (#3 in particular) but am pretty open on how we answer most of these.
I am also sure that other questions will pop up as we discuss this.

Thanks,
W. David Ashley
IBM Systems and Technology Group Lab Services
Open Object Rexx Team
Mobile Phone: 512-289-7506