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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Re: regression test suite naming convention
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Martin Sebor wrote:
> Martin Sebor wrote:
>> I also like option (3) best, so sounds like the home for
>> the new regression tests is unanimously in tests/regress/
>>
>> The remaining question is the file name convention. Do we
>> go with <section-number>.stdcxx-<issue-number>.cpp or do
>> we allow things like:
>>
>> <section-number>.<dot-clause>.stdcxx-<issue-number>.cpp
>>
>> e.g., 23.vector.cons.stdcxx-123.cpp
>>
>> FWIW, I see no reason not to allow it since it provides
>> additional useful detail.
> 
> One thing occurred to me with this convention that might be somewhat
> of an issue: the file name can be quite long and might exceed the
> width of the first column in the table formatted by the exec utility.
> If exec strips characters that exceed the width of the column like
> runall did we could either remove the "stdcxx" part of the file name
> or modify exec to extend the width of the column to fit the longest
> file name. Andrew, how hard do you think it would be to change exec
> to do the latter?

Greetings Martin.

While it wouldn't be trivial to modify the exec utility to automatically 
calculate the width of the first column, it would be a straightforward 
change.  Basically, prior to running the targets, you'd need to loop 
through the list of targets, and determine the length of the longest 
name.  Once this value has been determined, you can use it in formatting 
the column width.

My only concern with dropping the 'stdcxx' part of the name is there 
might be a desire to include regression tests from other bug tracking 
systems.  However, we'd probably want to copy such incidents into Jira, 
rendering this concern moot.

--Andrew Black