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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-06 02:44:06


On Monday 06 November 2006 10:32, Johan Nilsson wrote:

> > In general,
> >
> > bjam
> >
> > shouldn't run a big test suite. IMO.
>
> I've done it both ways (explicit/implicit) the last two projects. As long
> as both ways are possible to do easily, I personally don't really mind what
> the default is.
>
> > Whether or not that makes it worth having all test suites be explicit
> > by default, I don't know.
>
> If they are explicit by default, can they be made implicit by something
> similar to:
>
> implicit test ;
>
> ?

We don't have such rule ;-) I guess making one rule explicit by default and
then adding a new mechanism to make it back implicit is not very attractive
design solution.

- Volodya


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