Re: ERT indentation testing

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Ted.

On 19th May 2011, you wrote:

>>> This can be done with ERT, right?  A bunch of .cc files with file-local
>>> variables could be indented "properly" for those variables.  Then the
>>> test logic for each file is 
>SM> [...]
>>> Plus, of course, it's not limited to .cc files.  It would work just as
>>> well for .c, .pl, .el, whatever.

>SM> Yup, we already have such files in test/indent.

>Yes, I see that now (I didn't see the commit for those, cool!)

>We should have .c and .cc files with the major indentation styles
>specified as file-local variables, plus .ini, Perl, Java, Python, and of
>course Lisp (CL and ELisp).  Should I add those?

>>> I can write the ERT wrapper if this sounds useful.

>SM> If you could integrate test/indent with ERT's automated tests, that
>SM> would be nice.

>OK, I'll put it on my TODO list.

You are aware that there's an extensive test suite for CC Mode's
indentation (and font locking).  It's in the tests directory of CC Mode's
CVS repository, which can be downloaded from
http://cc-mode.sourceforge.net/.  Look for the file 000tests.el.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).