Test Execution [was: Re: Kdevelop4 gsoc]

[Manuel Breugelmans]

On Sunday 11 May 2008 16:10:46 Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Sunday 11 May 2008 16:29:46 Manuel Breugelmans wrote:
> > (typically a method, or an instantiation with data). Right now only the
> > second is supported by QxRunner, but you'll want to run a testcase in one
> > go to preserve the shared fixture (eg through initTestCase). Might be a
> > little tricky with the limited interface of exe's as opposed to full
> > blown objects.
> >
> > An interesting extra feature is auto-backtrace information on hard
> > errors. Since Kdevelop has strong gdb support this is doable?
>
> I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you clarify?
>

The idea is to provide a gdb bactrace as the test failure message 
when one of the test-executables crashes with eg a segmentation fault. The 
logical step after a test crash is debugging, why not immediatly give this 
information? A backtrace with jump-to-source functionality might suffice to 
spot the culprit anyway. 

Eclipse does this as well but in the java world its obviously a bit easier. I 
think this a good example of how different tools can be combined into 
something more than just the sum of the parts :)


Manuel