On 19 May 2016 at 00:55, Peter Johansson <troj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 05/19/2016 09:04 AM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: > >> Another common use for "expected failure" is to write tests to check >>> >that error conditions arise as expected, for example, by checking that >>> >a program raises an error when given invalid input. >>> >> I agree that XFAIL can be ambiguous, however I think this usage is not >> desirable. It gives an additional opposite meaning to XFAIL symbol >> which makes it even more confusing. >> >> I agree. When I wanna tests that a program fails with incorrect input, I > prefer writing a tests that calls the program, check that it fails (exit 1 > or whatever is expected), and perhaps even parse the error message, and if > it looks like I expect exit 0 aka PASS. >
​Thanks. I shall continue with my "deviant" usage for now, but if that is not considered normal, I understand that you won't want to document it. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org
