On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Pablo Angulo <pablo.ang...@uam.es> wrote: > I see there are some trac tickets for moving interacts from the wiki > into the Sage library (at least 9623, ). However, none of them have unit > tests. I though that automated checking of the code was the main reason > for moving the interacts into the library. Availability is fine, sure, > but that could be fixed addnig a link to the wiki in a visible place of > the notebook. If we move some interacts into the library, we won't > notice if they stop working after an upgrade, except in the case that > some function name completely dissappears, which is unlikely. > Checking some of the interacts is not trivial: > * Should we write tests for the underying function as if it were a > regular function? Most of the functions just show an image, some write > some text, but also show some extra stuff, maybe using the "html" function > * Should we split the funcionality into a testable inner function and > the part strictly corresponding to the interact, and add tests only for > the inner function?
Yes, that's exactly what should happen. And those inner functions should get well documented, etc. This is what has happened already I think, and is why progress has been so glacial with moving wiki interacts into the library -- it's much harder work than doing it in a way without any testing. Moreover, one has to rewrite the code in Python (instead of Sage). > Sorry if I missed the right timing for this question. > Regards > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
