On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:04:40 -0500 Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> > On Dec 22, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Manfred Lotz wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I just wrote a file duplicate finder where I'm not quite sure how to > > build up my test cases. > > > > The problem is that most of my test cases are impure. They rely > > upon a directory layout. > > > > What is the best way to do this? Should I create a directory > > structure containing most (or better all) of my test cases, and > > then base my test cases upon the existing structure? > > > > Or perhaps even better create my directory structure on the fly and > > build my test cases upon this? > > > > > > How do other people create test cases for impure situations? > > > I have written such a program several years ago (a primitive version) > and I tested it by writing another program that generated tmp > directories with certain characteristics. -- Matthias > Ok, this convinces me to create a directory tree structure on the fly (containing all cases I need), and then base my test cases on the created tree structure. -- Thanks, Manfred ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
