[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Feature Requests-2790198 ] new -match mode: boolean

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Feature Requests item #2790198, was opened at 2009-05-11 12:59
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Category: 34. tcltest Package
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Glenn Jackman (glennjnn)
Assigned to: Don Porter (dgp)
Summary: new -match mode: boolean

Initial Comment:
To support tests where the body returns a boolean value, but the exact format of the value is unknown but should be one of the Tcl_GetBoolean values, a new -match mode "boolean" is suggested.  This mode would behave like this customMatch:

    # test passes if expected and actual are both true or both false
    customMatch boolean {apply {{e a} {expr {
        [string is boolean -strict $e] && 
        [string is boolean -strict $a] && 
        (($e && $a) || (!$e && !$a))
    }}}}

I see this can be slotted into tcltest.tcl around line 3318 of the current HEAD (v 1.104), and it already requires Tcl 8.5

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