On 6/3/14, 11:17 AM, Joshua Cranmer 🐧 wrote:
I'm used to xpcshell tests more than mochitests, and the biggest
difference by far between xpcshell and mocha that I'm aware of is that
mocha counts tests at finer granularity: xpcshell tests work on a
file-by-file basis, whereas mocha tests work at the level of individual
test('Name', function() {}) calls. With the right framework support,
this makes it much easier to debug and diagnose single failures
Indeed. I will assert that the current (now old?) xpcshell harness is
pretty terrible in terms of usability. It was one of the first
harnesses we added and we've learned a lot since then. Basically, my
take on the xpcshell tests is that pretty much any change would be an
improvement. Our other harnesses are not in that situation, though.
-Boris
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