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Re: [rfa/testsuite/mi] Recognize a few incorrect outputs


> <gripe>
> A lot of GDB tests seem to be written with only pass and timeout
> alternatives, or only with overly-specialized fails.  The hypocrite-alert
> readers of this message will note that I'm guilty of the same thing; this is
> Just Enough to make them catch a few errors I could think of, not enough to
> recognize completely wrong output.  Someday, someone more motivated than I
> should clean this up.
> </gripe>

For the MI, this is a pretty obvious fix.  I've been doing the same 
thing my self (when I noticed it).  One suggestion, can you make that 
fail expression less strict so that it picks.  Something like:

	<correct-output> (gdb) <more-output> (gdb)
		pass

	.* (gdb) .* (gdb)
		fail

	timeout
		fail

alternatively (hmm, better?), keep the expression as you have it but add 
a comment in paren vis:

	fail "continue to incr_a (compiler bug info is wrong)"

Fernando,

Given the compiler debug info is ``wrong'' would this even qualify for 
as an xfail?

Andrew



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