[Mono-list] Help wanted: MCS compiler tests

Miguel de Icaza miguel@ximian.com
18 Jul 2002 16:15:26 -0400


> 
> If someone is interested, please let me know, any help would be
> greatly appreciated.

One other task that might be even more important is to write tests based
on the spec.  Basically the process goes like this:

   For each bit of the spec, try to exercise the statement, write plenty
of cases.  For each bit that is supposed to be prohibited, make a test
that exposes this case, and put those as a negative test.  

   But basically, we need a better test suite than just the test we have
been developing: we need a thorough set of tests.  There are commercial
regression tests for the C# language, but they are too expensive, and
they are not free either.

miguel.