Re: patch to add autotests for Erlang macros

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* Romain Lenglet wrote on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 03:20:02PM CEST:
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
>     m4_argn  m4_copy_force  m4_default_nblank  m4_default_nblank_quoted
>     m4_ifblank  m4_ifnblank  m4_rename_force
>  
> +** The autoconf testsuite now validates all Erlang macros.

Hmm.  I'd have written s/validates/exercises/, but that's really me
being super nitpicky.  FWIW, even though the Autoconf test suite is
pretty large already, there are lots of bits that are not validated,
for example several error paths or unusual code path combinations;
also, nowhere do we ensure that our tests really produce the answers
that users expect on their particular system.  That's not to say that
I want to start doing this; a table of such answers would go right
against the spirit of Autoconf.

Just my two cents.

Cheers,
Ralf