Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4FE19D0E for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:57:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 71146 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2012 04:57:04 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 71039 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2012 04:57:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 71017 invoked by uid 99); 16 Apr 2012 04:57:02 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:57:02 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [80.237.132.80] (HELO wp073.webpack.hosteurope.de) (80.237.132.80) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:56:54 +0000 Received: from pd95c27.osaknt01.ap.so-net.ne.jp ([111.217.92.39] helo=[192.168.1.21]); authenticated by wp073.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) id 1SJdzL-0005OX-1Q; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:56:31 +0200 Message-ID: <4F8BA67A.6080900@leichtgewicht.at> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:56:26 +0900 From: Martin Heidegger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [RT] MXMLC tests & future was: MXMLC now in trunk References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;mh@leichtgewicht.at;1334552214;4f933b7c; X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 16/04/2012 13:21, Alex Harui wrote: > I wouldn't say "never touch". There is probably a bug or two worth fixing. > But I would save any major changes for Falcon. Well, I would. Have seen too many "features" that resulted in more bugs. Hardly any functionality that never breaks anything. > The proper way to test the compiler is out of my area of expertise. Is it so different from other code? Test the public API if it does whats its supposed to :) Fortunately most classes are public... > I would think that one way would be to code up a set of SWFs and see if they > continue to output correctly. Such a thing would be useful for Falcon as > well. Hmm... sounds like bytecode analysis best written in a language that supports threading. Using the FlashPlayer for that will be terribly slow. Sounds like fun. yours Martin.