Re: init.sh features

2010-04-06 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/05/2010 03:08 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: >> Jim Meyering wrote: >>> This could be an argument for wrapping some of the C-only tests in a >>> simple init.sh-using driver (maybe even automatically). Any test that >>> creates a temporary file would benefit. >> >> Yes, I agree:

Re: init.sh features

2010-04-05 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/05/2010 03:08 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> This could be an argument for wrapping some of the C-only tests in a >> simple init.sh-using driver (maybe even automatically). Any test that >> creates a temporary file would benefit. > > Yes, I agree: It would make things simp

Re: init.sh features

2010-04-05 Thread Bruno Haible
Jim Meyering wrote: > This could be an argument for wrapping some of the C-only tests in a > simple init.sh-using driver (maybe even automatically). Any test that > creates a temporary file would benefit. Yes, I agree: It would make things simpler and more robust if all tests that require tempora

Re: init.sh features

2010-04-05 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: >> I had already converted tests/test-xstrtol.sh. >> This continues the process with the other test-xstrto*.sh scripts > > What are, in summary, the benefits of init.sh? I'm wondering whether > we might be putting in features here that are not available tests > written entirely

Re: init.sh features

2010-04-05 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Jim, > I had already converted tests/test-xstrtol.sh. > This continues the process with the other test-xstrto*.sh scripts What are, in summary, the benefits of init.sh? I'm wondering whether we might be putting in features here that are not available tests written entirely in C. As far as I c