We *really* need a development model change !

[Alexandre Julliard]

Andriy Palamarchuk <apa3a at yahoo.com> writes:

> I suggest to use explicit checks and print descriptive
> messages in case of falure. I agree, this approach is
> more labour-intensive, especially for tests using IPC.
> It is also much more maintainable as soon as you coded
> it. Everything, including differences between
> different Windows platforms is documented directly in
> the code! This gives much better control. E.g, it is
> possible to comment-out part of the test, still
> getting meaningful results what worked, what did not.

I definitely agree here, having the code check everything itself is
much better that having to compare the output. The drawback is that it
makes tests more complex to write, so I'm not sure if we want to make
it the rule for all tests.

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Alexandre Julliard
julliard at winehq.com