[squeak-dev] The Inbox: KernelTests-dtl.373.mcz

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Mon Dec 9 17:12:43 UTC 2019


Hi David,

> On Dec 7, 2019, at 7:52 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if this test has any value, but if it is VM issue that
> may come back, then we may as well have coverage.
> 
> Or is it the case that a VM with this issue is just going to completely
> fail all of the float tests anyway?

I would think that any VM that incorrectly computes 0.1 = 1.1 is going to fail many many tests.

> 
> Dave
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 03:48:41PM +0000, commits at source.squeak.org wrote:
>> David T. Lewis uploaded a new version of KernelTests to project The Inbox:
>> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/KernelTests-dtl.373.mcz
>> 
>> ==================== Summary ====================
>> 
>> Name: KernelTests-dtl.373
>> Author: dtl
>> Time: 7 December 2019, 10:48:40.810923 am
>> UUID: 6b50ebb3-8a6f-47a1-b550-8420c5a4d1d9
>> Ancestors: KernelTests-mt.372
>> 
>> Add a trivial regression test for the VM bug discussed in http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2019-December/031973.html
>> 
>> =============== Diff against KernelTests-mt.372 ===============
>> 
>> Item was added:
>> + ----- Method: FloatTest>>testVMComparisonBug (in category 'tests - compare') -----
>> + testVMComparisonBug
>> +    "See http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2019-December/031973.html for background"
>> +    self deny: 1.0 = 1.1
>> +        description: 'some VMs have been built with this bug'!
>> 
>> 
> 


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