On 2015-06-02 11:08 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > [Nick Bowler wrote] > > On 2015-06-02 09:40 -0700, Arthur Schwarz wrote: > > > The TAP Standard specifically states that if the test plan is 1..N > > > and the number of test lines are k < N, then the k+1 .. N missing > > > test lines are to be considered as skipped. > > > > Where does it say that? It is not correct to treat missing test results > > as skips. > > From http://testanything.org/tap-version-13-specification.html [...] > The following listing plans on running 5 tests. However, our program > decided to not run tests 2 thru 5 at all. To properly report this, the > tests are marked as being skipped. > > TAP version 13 > 1..5 > ok 1 - approved operating system > # $^0 is solaris > ok 2 - # SKIP no /sys directory > ok 3 - # SKIP no /sys directory > ok 4 - # SKIP no /sys directory > ok 5 - # SKIP no /sys directory
This example has exactly 5 test lines, which matches the plan of 5. So there is no error. [...] > TAP allows k < N (see above). It does not. Regards, -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
