Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And it will avoid the problem of turning the testsuite into a > > regression testsuite rather than an accuracy testsuite. > > Sorry, I don't understand what you mean here.
It's not a major point. When one adds a testsuite to working code, it is natural to write tests that expect to see what the code generates. The risk is that any change to the code causes the test to fail. This is the essence of a regression testsuite. For an example, see the linker testsuite in the binutils. Practically any change to the linker, correct or not, causes some tests to fail. An accuracy testsuite is one written independently of the code. It tests for the specific features that are desired, rather than testing for what the code currently does. Of course you can write an accuracy testsuite with working code. It's just much easier to write a regression testsuite, and it's easy to backslide into that. Ian
