Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-stdcxx-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 79420 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2008 22:25:42 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Feb 2008 22:25:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 92939 invoked by uid 500); 7 Feb 2008 22:25:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-stdcxx-dev-archive@stdcxx.apache.org Received: (qmail 92925 invoked by uid 500); 7 Feb 2008 22:25:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@stdcxx.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@stdcxx.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@stdcxx.apache.org Received: (qmail 92916 invoked by uid 99); 7 Feb 2008 22:25:34 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:25:34 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [208.30.140.160] (HELO moroha.roguewave.com) (208.30.140.160) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:25:05 +0000 Received: from nebula.bco.roguewave.com ([10.70.3.27]) by moroha.roguewave.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m17MPBrI001483 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:25:12 GMT Message-ID: <47AB8548.3040500@roguewave.com> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:25:12 -0700 From: Martin Sebor Organization: Rogue Wave Software, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@stdcxx.apache.org Subject: Re: Expected Failures? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Eric Lemings wrote: > > Is this like negative testing where tests are intended to fail to > compile, link, and/or execute? No, it's unintended failures that have been analyzed but not fixed yet. E.g., a test failing to compile (or link, or run) due to a bug in an old version of a (still supported) compiler that's hard to work around and that has been fixed in a newer version of the compiler. Martin > > Just wondering... > > Brad. > >