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Re: [RFA] gdb.base/callfuncs.exp: make all test names unique
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: [RFA] gdb.base/callfuncs.exp: make all test names unique
- From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:18:57 -0400
- CC: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat , Inc. - Toronto
- References: <200105231921.MAA14150@bosch.cygnus.com>
Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
>
> Committed.
>
Thanks.
> I have four more files in progress:
>
> arithmet.exp
> assign.exp
> ena-dis-br.exp
> logical.exp
>
> These are much bigger changes. These files use a lot of
> send_gdb/gdb_expect calls that can be calls to gdb_test instead, which
> makes the files a lot shorter. Plus I vaguely recall that people prefer
> gdb_test over send_gdb/gdb_expect because it standardizes all the error
> and timeout handling.
>
Yes, that is it. There are a few occasions where we still cannot use gdb_test, unfortunately -- I plan to do something about that. But but getting rid of as many send_gdb/gdb_expect pairs as we currently can is a nice move.
> I'm planning to put up the first one (arithmet.exp) for comments this
> weekend. Any guidance here would be appreciated.
>
Great. Thanks again.
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