[ANN]ANSI Standard Messages Unit Tests

R. A. Harmon harmonra at webname.com
Mon Dec 27 17:33:26 UTC 1999


I've finally created a web page "Portable Smalltalk Applications and ANSI
Smalltalk Standard":

        http://homepage2.rconnect.com/raharmon/

where anyone may download my implementation of Testing Framework unit tests
for all ANSI standard messages. 

This is an incomplete implementation of all Smalltalk ANSI standard messages
unit tests.  It is a large project and has interdependency's between
protocols.  I am therefore implementing and releasing it in stages by
protocol in the order they are defined in the proposed ANSI Smalltalk
Standard document.  I hope that I will have implemented all of the ANSI
messages unit tests with release of the last protocol and intend that when
done they will run without error (If the dialect can support it).

These unit tests are in the portable ANSI Smalltalk Interchange Format (SIF)
and have been test only on Squeak 2.6.  I will make them as portable to any
dialect as possible. 

This release only covers the <Fundamental> protocols.

At best the tests I come up with will only be a starting point for testing
ANSI message compliance.  I hope folks will contribute their favorite wicked
tests and the test suite will evolve into a comprehensive set.

I also have code files for other projects that may also be downloaded.


--
Richard A. Harmon          "The only good zombie is a dead zombie"
harmonra at webname.com           E. G. McCarthy
Spencer, Iowa





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