Re: [Firebird-test] FBT - firebird tests

[Tord H. <th...@ha...>]

Hi,

> Another possible influence to look at is xunit testing frameworks,
although
> I'm not sure our tests at this point are in any way unit tests.

The current TCS is a black-box-test system, which means, only the
output / behavior from the compiled firebird server is tested.
White-box-tests or unit tests dont exist at all.

<sarcasm>
"If architects would work like software engineers, a lonely
woodpecker could destroy the whole civilisation." (unknown)
</sarcasm>

I dont think, unit tests are possible with the current source code.
Maybe its possible to add unit tests to the firebird 2 source.
Pavel Cisar suggested something similar.

> One question I have about this approach is the extent to which we
wish to
> translate the TCS tests into the file based format, and how to do
this.

Since I think, only a replacement for the TCS make sense, the old
tests should be included in the new test system.

> I could probably find it pretty easily, but do you have a link to
the
> postgres system?

It's at www.postgresql.org. The tests are in the src/test directory
from the source tree.


Tord