Block Closures are here!

Withers, Robert rwithers at quallaby.com
Wed Jan 23 18:06:53 UTC 2002


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ducasse [mailto:ducasse at iam.unibe.ch]
> 
> > 
> > This need for effective review is also why I felt it 
> important to have SUnit
> > supported in the BC image.  (changeset posted yesterday).  
> We should be able
> > to produce 20-30 tests for BlockClosures, themselves, and 
> 50+ for generators
> > nad tools that use blocks, like the Compiler, the 
> CCodeGenerator, the
> > Inspector, and the debugger.
> 
> I'm not good enough nor have the time to help in that task 
> but this REALLY
> important. Having tests will really help. So please please push that.
> 

Well I don't like being pushy, but I will try to take a little initiative.
:)  I think it is a nice opportunity to learn about the TestViaMethodCall
mechanism, at least for some core tests.

Speaking of testing, the SDDB, that Duane just implemented, would be great
for storing Tests alongside the documentation of classes.  This way we don't
have to pay for them to sit in the image.  We could create a TestCaseLoader,
which would load, run, then unload the TestCases.

Tansel wrote:
> >
> > Fair enough.  At the least, the alpha VMs and the BC.image could be
> included
> > on the CD.
> 
> Consider it done!

Awesome!  Thank you, Tansel.  This simply must make it into mainline squeak.
If this gets delayed for 2 years, I'm gonna go bonkers.  I suppose it is up
to SqF to make this happen.  Shall we shoot for May 1 for the 4.0 VM, just
in time for SqueakEnd?

Rob



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