[PATCH 2/3] Add the T Test Framework

Sebastian Huber sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
Thu Mar 21 13:15:04 UTC 2019


On 20/03/2019 23:18, Chris Johns wrote:
>>>>> 3. What does 'T' in THE_T_TEST_FRAMEWORK_H stand for? I prefer we prefix RTEMS_
>>>>> where it makes sense.
>>>> The 'T' is just a random name which associates with testing. I searched a bit
>>>> for <t.h> and a T_ prefix and didn't found an existing project. So, there should
>>>> be no name conflicts. It is short, so this is good for typing.
>>> A number of pieces I have recently added can be standalone and I have added
>>> RTEMS as a prefix to help get the project's name out there.
>> Writing tests code is easier if the function names are short and have a specific
>> prefix (this helps auto-completion through code editors, you just have to type
>> T_... and not rtems_...).
> Sure. Can we call this RTEMS T Test Framework and drop the initial "The"? At
> least the docs will have some reference.:)  :)
>

We can call it "RTEMS Test Framework" and still use the "T_" prefix. 
This is actually not that bad, since a t-test is a well known thing in 
statistics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student%27s_t-test

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