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Re:Testing GCC by raverbashing on Monday February 13, 2017 @06:15PM (#13639757)
Well, besides the big testing of compiling an entire linux distribution, yes, it is good to have specific tests for some particular issues in the compiler (manageable pass/fail tests that can identify a problem quickly)
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Re:Testing GCC by greglindahl on Monday February 13, 2017 @06:59PM (#13640043)
gcc has always had a huge unit test suite. Not a new thing.
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Re:Testing GCC by sanxiyn on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @12:17AM (#13641335)
gcc had a huge integration test suite, which is different from unit test suite.
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Re:Testing GCC by hermitdev on Monday February 13, 2017 @08:23PM (#13640451)
Yeah...I got hit by a regression in a bug fix in RH's GCC back in the 4.1.2 era. The revision/build number only moved by a dozen or 2, but they completely broke C++ anonymous namespaces at global scope (caused an ICE). Glad I didn't let Ops upgrade all of my boxes at the same time like they wanted...
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