[PATCH] Write errors to stdout and not stderr in wcsmbs/tst-mbrtowc.c

Will Newton will.newton@linaro.org
Mon Oct 6 08:33:00 GMT 2014


On 3 October 2014 20:36, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
> The dup2 hack is either cute or horrible (likely both).  I don't think we
> should do anything like that in one random test.  Rather, we should settle
> on a uniform policy for tests and using assert.  It could be that we never
> use assert.  Or it could be that we use assert freely and just make
> test-skeleton.c always do the dup2 hack itself.  Or it could be something
> else I haven't thought of off hand.  But let's get a plan.

One option could be to use a hand-rolled assert function which is what
most unit testing libraries do. This would also give scope for adding
more esoteric asserts that can output more detail about the failure.

-- 
Will Newton
Toolchain Working Group, Linaro



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