Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > I figured you would, but it's still my opinion. I guess my basic > objection here is to the idea that we somehow know that the 6000+ line > test case file actually contains only correct tests. That vastly > exceeds the ability of any normal human being to verify correctness, > especially given what's already been said about the interdependencies > between different parts of the file and the lack of adequate > documentation.
Yeah, that's a problem. In the last two times I touched that file, I just moved things between "like" and "unlike" categories until the test passed. If there were anything useful it had to tell me, it was a complete failure at doing so. I frankly won't even think about adding new test cases to it, either. I don't know how to make it better exactly, but I concur with Robert that that test needs fundamental redesign of some kind to be maintainable. regards, tom lane