Per Bothner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The general frustration is: where is dg-error documented? > I looked in: > - the README* files in gcc/testsuite and in gcc.dg; > - the Test Suites chapter of the internals manual > (which mentions "special idioms" but not the basics); > - the "Testsuite Conventions" of codingconventions.html; > - contribute.html; > - install/test.html; > - and of course Google. > > In *none* of these did I find documentation on how to write or > understand a test-case, or a link to such documentation. I'm inclined > to think that most of these above places should have such a link.
I had provided this patch in the past, but was rejected: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-06/msg00313.html I never had time to split, rewrite in tex, and update it as requested. Janis recently incorporated some parts into the internal manuals, but I believe that we still nedd provide a "tutorial for GCC testcase writing". Like I'm trying to explain in another thread, I believe that we are being way too picky on www/documentation patches than we should be. For instance, my patch could have been committed immediatly and been refined over time. In fact, I should find a couple of hours to add it to the Wiki. -- Giovanni Bajo
