Thanks Mark > On 13 Oct 2015, at 15:52, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote: > > On 2015-10-13 08:59, Peter W A Wood wrote: >> The assert command appears to be included in LiveCode 8 but is not >> mentioned in either the dictionary or the user guide. All I’ve been >> able to find about was in an article in RevUp - >> http://newsletters.livecode.com/february/issue166/newsletter1.html >> <http://newsletters.livecode.com/february/issue166/newsletter1.html> >> Is it still supported? It is still experimental? > > Still experimental - the main problem it was put in to solve was to be able > to test for error's being thrown from an expression. However, as it turns > out, its inflexibility doesn't really warrant its use and I wonder if the > 'assert' verb should actually be repurposed away from unit tests and to > general (simple) runtime assertions.
I was mis-using it for general (simple) runtime assertions when I wish to call a function and don’t use the returned value. I think it would be a good addition to the language. > If you are looking to write unit-tests, then Peter recently put together a > super-simple LiveCode Script test runner which runs unit tests in the engine > after they are built under CI: > > https://github.com/livecode/livecode/tree/develop/tests/lcs > <https://github.com/livecode/livecode/tree/develop/tests/lcs> I have my own even simpler test framework, based on others I have used with other languages. It is very flexible and sufficient for my needs. It can be used to test both GUI stacks and Server stacks - https://github.com/PeterWAWood/LiveCode-MiniTest <https://github.com/PeterWAWood/LiveCode-MiniTest> Kind regards Peter _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
