On Thu, May 11, 2006 3:58 pm, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> Marcus has a point here.  People are complaining loudly about bugs
> being
> introduced.  These bugs would have been found quicker if we had better
> tests.  If every complaint included a nice clean .phpt test file that
> can be dropped right into the system, things would go a lot smoother.
> Then the discussions can focus on those tests and how exactly we want
> something to behave instead of people getting up in arms over things
> that were obviously not intended to break.

I also think it's important for .phpt files to not just disappear nor
be changed as a General Principle...

Regression testing against an ongoing body of QA tests is a Good
Thing, imho.

If a .phpt file HAS to be changed, in the sense of an intentional
change to the language, I'd actually prefer a NEW .phpt file -- so
that we KNOW the old test "breaks" in version X+1 but it should still
PASS in version X.

But that's just this naive reader...

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