Re: C testing for Postgres

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Adam Berlin <aberlin(at)pivotal(dot)io>
Cc: Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: C testing for Postgres
Date: 2019-06-28 21:54:44
Message-ID: 20190628215444.GD20338@fetter.org
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 09:42:54AM -0400, Adam Berlin wrote:
> Here are my takeaways from the previous discussions:
>
> * there *is* interest in testing

Yep.

> * we shouldn't take it too far
> * there are already tests being written under `src/test/modules`, but
> without a consistent way of describing expectations and displaying results

This is a giant problem.

> * no tool was chosen

If there's a way to get this in the tree, assuming people agree it
should be there, that'd be fantastic.

Our current system has been creaking for years.

Best,
David.
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