Re: mb and ecpg regression tests

Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Back when we were thinking of supporting MSVC builds, we thought that
> everything would need to be a C program, and so we rewrote the main
> regression script in C, for example. However, now we have a build system
> for MSVC we can see that its main infrastructure is in fact perl, so I
> think what we need to do is to convert the MBCS and ECPG regression
> drivers to perl rather than C - which should be far, far simpler task.

I disagree with this for ecpg because (a) it would be a capability
regression from the point of view of anyone building a non-perl-enabled
build on Unix, and (b) we already have the C regression driver, why
can't we re-use or adapt it for ecpg instead of writing and debugging
and maintaining an entirely new set of test infrastructure?

For the MBCS stuff I don't care, since no one runs that on a regular
basis anyway (or should need to...)

regards, tom lane