Re: NUnit 2.5: What's In It Now

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Charlie Poole
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Kelly,
>
>  > Assert could be implemented such that if it were successful,
>  > it could append the successful assertion to an output
>  > reporting mechanism, while still throwing exceptions for
>  > failure. You already have to catch other exceptions anyway as you say.
>
>  Sounds like a possibility.

I would think you would want a separate "stream" for successful
Asserts from unsuccessful Asserts anyway.

>  > I think it is very bad to continue execution after an
>  > Assertion has failed. That changes what assert has meant for
>  > thirty plus years in the C/C++/C# world. That would be like
>  > putting a game boy console in place of the steering wheel,
>  > accelerator and breaks of a car IMHO.
>
>  Not sure where you got that. There are no plans to continue
>  after a failure.

That's what it sounded like Gary was suggesting. I think it would be a bad idea.

-Kelly

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