[squeak-dev] SUnit cross-dialect compatibility (was: The Trunk: SUnit-ct.133.mcz)

christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de
Sun Jan 16 17:56:06 UTC 2022


Thank you for the clarification! Then I see nothing more to do for this patch. :-)

> SUnit is wonderfully simple, and we should preserve that simplicity.

+1. That's why I have moved SUnit-ct.127 to the treated inbox after all. :-)

Best,
Christoph

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On 2022-01-14T19:10:57-05:00, lewis at mail.msen.com wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 04:24:33PM +0100, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
> > Hi Christoph --
> > 
> > The SUnit interface/protocol should remain cross-dialect compatible, not
> > the implementation. Yes, Cuis etc. would provide its own version of SUnit.
> > 
> 
> +1000
> 
> And please remember the value of simplicity. SUnit is wonderfully simple,
> and we should preserve that simplicity.
> 
> In horrible contrast, I refer you the ghastly swamp of "improvements" to
> JUnit in the various Java-related frameworks. OK, don't actually go look
> at it, but trust me it's horrible.
> 
> The various authors of these "improvements" appear to have convinced
> themselves that they have created publishable enhancements that make
> the framework "easier to understand" or "more readable" for persons
> of lesser intellect, which apparently means me. I don't appreciate
> the help.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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