gas testsuite approch

Hans-Peter Nilsson hp@bitrange.com
Mon Sep 16 17:49:00 GMT 2002


On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Svein E. Seldal wrote:
> But when I look at the existing tests, some target excludes the test
> entirely, while others uses XFAIL. Take the c30 target as an example. It
> does not xfail it - it simply skips the test. Which method should I use?

Wrong choice of words on my part, but the C30 example still
fits.  Skipping is better than xfail in this case: an xfail is
supposed to be a known failure and signalling a failure would be
wrong here.

brgds, H-P



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