[darcs-users] Why are tests done in reverse order by default?

Eric Kow kowey at darcs.net
Fri Oct 24 09:10:10 UTC 2008


On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 16:46:52 +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> twb> Why are tests done in reverse order by default?
> twb> Because without that requirement,
> twb>
> twb>     printf %s\\n | sort -r | xarg $(SHELL_HARNESS)
> twb> twb> reduces to twb> twb>     $(SHELL_HARNESS) *.sh

No good reason that I can think of.

We need the tests to be sorted though (for ease of use), but it seems
like the sorting should be done in tests/shell_harness.

Care to look into it?

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Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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