<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 20 Mar 2007, at 3:46, Damien Cassou wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">- Linkage: it should be possible to know what tests must be run when a</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">method is modified. This should not be annoying for the developer (no</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">message box for example). The tests must NOT be run automatically.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Why must the test NOT be run automatically? Erik Ernst has shown dramatic benefits form running the test continuously and automatically with novice programmers. Certainly, it should be possible to turn automatic testing (on and) off. But once you have the dependencies figures out, why not provide the option of running all the tests that might have changed?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Andrew</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Andrew P. Black</DIV><DIV>Department of Computer Science</DIV><DIV>Portland State University</DIV><DIV>+1 503 725 2411</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>