Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] localhost_tests failures

[K. G. <kim...@gm...>]

Hi Dean,

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 08:44, Dean Michael Berris
<mik...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I don't see how that's an improvement over saving test.xml with
>> LF-only line endings, and get consistent test results...? I understood
>> Divye's point to be that if we did that, we would mask something else.
>>
>
> It's not about changing the test data to make sure the tests run, it's
> more about making sure we get the correct data that we expect from the
> HTTP Server -- and if I requested for a file that has CRLF line
> endings in from the server, that I would get the exact same file if I
> read it from disk in binary mode.

The thing is, the server you're using cannot serve a file containing
CRLF "for technical reasons" -- wouldn't it seem better to base the
test off a file with LF only?

That way you preserve the premise of the test, but change the details
to compensate for the "technical reasons", so that the test is still
valid.

- Kim