Re: Status of Strongtalk C++ code: VM stability and progress on a graphical debugger

On May 21, 4:03 am, talksmall <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Do we have a standard set of test-scripts in Smalltalk (SUnit tests or
> > even an agreed upon DoIt or set of them) that drill the VM for various
> > basic functions, as well as new ones being tested for the first time,
> > like your ANSI exception handling?  In each test cycle I want to know
> > that I'm fixing my own stuff and not breaking someone else's.
>
> There are some Smalltalk-side tests, but very little at the level of
> the VM itself. If you look at Bootstrap>>deterministicallyTestSystem,
> this is the closest to a SUnit test suite. Actually, now that my
> exception handling stuff is nearly complete, I managed to port across
> SUnit from the Squeak version, so we could port these across to a
> separate set of test classes, as well as adding our own, as they are a
> bit skimpy. I have never liked the idea of having the test code for a
> class within the class itself.
>
> There is a handy little test script that can be used to run this
> automatically from the command line within starting the UI. You will
> find it in tools/test.dlt. To run this use something like
> strongtalk_debug.exe -f tools\strongtalkrc-forInterpretedTests -script
> tools\test.dlt from the strongtalk directory.
>
> BTW once you manage to build strongtalk, and assuming that you are
> using the gcc-linux branch, you will need a compatible image and
> sources. You can find a zip containing these on the downloads page of
> the wiki. You should unzip them in the strongtalk directory.
>
Why do we not place the compatible image and sources with the source
code?  How is the image created or changed when necessary?


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