Re: Unit test framework for gnome-games?

[Andreas Røsdal <andrearo pvv ntnu no>]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Callum McKenzie wrote:
> Another question is what to test. At simplest, you could just add tests
> as bugs are found to stop them reappearing later. Writing comprehensive
> tests for the "library" routines is also useful: it can find obscure
> bugs if you test the functions with extreme and odd values.
> Unfortunately this sort of test takes a lot of time to write if you want
> any decent sort of coverage. Fortunately coverage doesn't have to be
> anywhere near complete for it to be useful.

Someone is working on implementing unit tests for gtk+, which sounds 
like a good idea (http://blogs.igalia.com/dape/):

- The first goal would be adding tests checking known bugs. If you 
detect a bug and don't want it to be regressed you can add a test to 
know if it happens again.

- The second goal is trying to run as many code paths as you can, in 
order to be sure they behave as expected, and don't segfault.

  - Andreas