Re: [HACKERS] Current sources?

On Tue, 26 May 1998, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > The author did test with the regression tests.  In fact, the
> > regression tests are not up-to-date, so there are meny diffs even when
> > the code works, and we can't expect someone to keep the regression
> > tests spotless at all times.
>
> Actually, I sympathize with David on this: I got burnt the same way
> just a couple weeks ago.  (I blithely assumed that the regression tests
> would test copy in/out ... they don't ...)
>
> Perhaps the real lesson to be learned is that a little more effort
> should be expended on the regression tests.  I have a couple of
> suggestions:
>
> 1. As far as I've seen there is no documentation on how to create
>    regression tests.  This should be documented and made as easy as
>    possible, to encourage people to create tests for missing cases.
>
> 2. System variations (roundoff error differences, etc) create spurious
>    test complaints that make it hard to interpret the results properly.
>    Can anything be done to clean this up?

    See the expected/int2-FreeBSD.out and similar files...I've done
what I can with the 'spurious test complaints...