From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a37b80c4b5cba675 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-10 04:12:19 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!jussieu.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Fredrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Th=F6rnblad?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AUnit Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:08:02 +0200 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <20010509194203.8E0BD190F2@ada.eu.org> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 989493130 8890 137.194.161.2 (10 May 2001 11:12:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:12:10 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: >Received: from mailsweeper.bfs.bofors.se (mimesweeper [192.168.1.2]) by bfsmail.bfs.bofors.se (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA07009 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 13: 07:27 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.3 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: fredrik.thornblad@dynamics.saab.se List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7452 Date: 2001-05-10T13:08:02+02:00 Judging from the response to the posting on this list, not very many are using AUnit for testing purposes. I hate to say that we are not using it either. But we have it, it's been tested for a couple of modules. I've not done it myself, so I cannot give any details, but my understanding is that it takes some effort to set up, but then it's doing it's job fine. The latest roumurs I heard, we have plans to port it to Ada 83, because that's where we'll have most use for it. I think it's scheduled for this summer. I'm very positive towards the XP ideas and I think that the testing ideas (test first, test everything, etc) is necessary to build confidence in the code and to make reliable software. No matter what language you are using. Good luck teaching this to your students. And if you find a way to make it easier for them, please share it with the rest of us! /Fredrik Ehud Lamm wrote: I was wondering how spread is the use of Aunit (the testing framework). Does anyone use it professionally? Did anyone try (and succeed) using it with students? I have a feeling it is too complicated for students (it uses stuff we cover quite late like tagged types and child units), but I'd love showing my students the intense testing approach. -- Ehud Lamm mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ehudlamm <== Me!