Re: [Asunit-users] Asunit for Flash 8, AS 2.0

[Alias <ali...@gm...>]

Hi Matt,

I've just come across the same problem. I'm going to try using FDT
organise imports to fix it quickly, I'll give you a heads up if I'm
successful.

Cheers,
Alias

On 11/24/05, Matt Freer <mat...@gm...> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I got around to purchasing Flash 8 this week, and installed AsUnit 2.7
> So first thing I did was open up an .fla for a game I'm currently
> building, I hit compile and shit: 60 errors!
>
> On closer inspection of the errors I noted that they were all kinda simil=
ar:
> "leaf name is already being resolved blah blah..."
>
> So after the initial panic had worn off I began investigating:
> It appears that the Flash 8 compiler (even if your targeting flash
> player 7) complains if Classes of the same name exist in different
> packages and the said packages are included into a class using a the
> wildcard.
>
> What relevance does this have to AsUnit I hear you say?.... and why
> the hell would you have classes named the same thing even if they are
> in different packages?
>
> The relevance to AsUnit is that we always use the same class name for
> our test suites:  AllTests.as.
>
> The problem is probably best explained with an example:
>
> 1) You create a package of classes (called vehicle).
>
> 2) You include your unit tests in the same package as the classes they
> are testing (e.g. vehicle.AllTests.as).
>
> 3) You start work on another package (called car), you again include
> your unit tests in the same package as the classes they are testing
>
> 4) You create a Class called BMW.as in the car package.
>
> 5) In BMW.as you need to utilise some classes from the vehicle
> package, so you use:
> import vehicle.*; (note the wildcard).
>
> 6) In BMW.as you also need to utilise some classes from the car
> package, so you use:
> import car.*; (note the wildcard).
>
> 7) Now you compile in Flash 8. Now you have a problem, the compiler
> complains in the  form:
>
> 'vehicle.AllTests' leaf name is already being resolved to 'car.AllTests'.
>
> The temporary solution is to not include the classes using the
> wildcard, and instead target the specific classes.
> So now you have to ship your framework with a public health warning:
> "Don't import this package with a wildcard because most likely it will
> break everything"! :(
>
> As its unlikely that MM will fix this issue in the short term - maybe
> an AsUnit best practice should specify that unit tests should not be
> created in the same package as the classes they are testing (a
> sub-package would suffice), then people could import the package using
> a wildcard and not have to worry about AllTests classes conflicting
> with their own.
>
> What do you reckon?
>
> Cheers
> Matt
>
>
>
> On 11/24/05, Luke Bayes <lb...@gm...> wrote:
> > I believe you are looking for version 2.7 found here:
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D108947
> >
> >  This build is still designated an alpha because we haven't really used=
 it
> > extensively and haven't gotten much feedback on it. We added a fairly r=
isky
> > feature to this build that involves aggregating messages for the local
> > connection - rather than sending each one as it's generated. This was a
> > *major* performance improvement for large applications, but is somewhat
> > risky. We arbitrarily capped the local connection transmission package =
size
> > at 100 assertions. This could potentially fail if you send lengthy stri=
ng
> > arguments with each assertion and the local connection send call is sud=
denly
> > asked to transmit more than the macromedia-imposed arbitrary limitation=
 of
> > 40k. If this happens, 100 of your assertions will silently "not" reach =
the
> > user interface for output.
> >
> >  I figure the risk of this hapenning is pretty small at this point, sin=
ce no
> > one has yet reported it. It should also prove pretty obvious when your =
test
> > fixture suddenly loses 100 of it's hard-won tests.
> >
> >  Anyway - Please download v.2.7, it's been out for a long time and is d=
ue to
> > become a stable release at this point...
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >
> >
> >  Luke Bayes
> >  www.asunit.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/23/05, Oscar Berg <osc...@ja...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys!
> > >
> > > Is there a somewhat stable build of Asunit for Flash 8? I saw a threa=
d
> > about it where Ali said it was releasable but i cant seem to find it
> > anywhere.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot,
> > > oscar
> >
> >
>
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