Re: Do we need test cases?

Rod Adams <[email protected]>:
> 
> This does bring up the question of _should_ there be standard test cases 
> posted with the QotW's?

It has been suggested several times that folks should post test code
on the -discuss list.  But hardly anyone ever does.

> - With the apparent growing popularity of the list, published test cases 
> would help ensure standardized inputs and outputs, thus lightening the 
> load of the summarizer.

The summarizer's always free to ignore any program that doesn't have
the required interface.   Come to think of it, the summarizer is
always free to ignore any program that *does* have the right
interface.

I would like to see more people posting test code to the -discuss list.

> Personally, I could go either way. But I would be more inclined to 
> volunteer as a summarizer if the test cases were in use.

Would it make sense to say that you should volunteer as a summarizer
and then pretend that the test cases were being used?