203 lines
6.9 KiB
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203 lines
6.9 KiB
Markdown
I care a lot about being able to automatically check _any_ property about my
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program before it ever runs. However, some things don't have tests yet, either
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because I don't know how to test them or because I've been lazy. I'll at least
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record those here.
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Initializing settings:
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- from previous session
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- from defaults
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- `default_map` absent/present
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- run with an untested version of LÖVE. Error message pops up and waits for a key. The app attempts to continue, and doesn't receive the key.
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- run with a LÖVE v12 release candidate. No errors; it is a supported version. All tests pass.
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- create a couple of spuriously failing tests. Run with an untested version of LÖVE. Error message includes message about untested version.
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Code loading:
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* run love with directory; text editor runs
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* run love with zip file; text editor runs
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* How the screen looks. Our tests use a level of indirection to check text and
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graphics printed to screen, but not the precise pixels they translate to.
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- where exactly the cursor is drawn to highlight a given character
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- analogously, how a shape precisely looks as you draw it
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* Type out a wrapping line, select all using ctrl+a and delete. Editor does
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not crash.
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### Protocol with driver; error-handling
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir[1], run it, run the
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driver, add a definition:
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```
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on.draw = function()
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end
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```
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Hit F4. No error.
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Quit driver, quit client app. Restart client app. No error.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, add a definition that draws to screen:
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```
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on.draw = function()
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love.graphics.print('hello!', 50,50)
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end
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```
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Hit F4. Client app shows 'hello!'
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Quit driver, quit client app. Restart client app. No error. Client app shows 'hello!'
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, add a definition containing invalid Lua:
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```
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on.draw = function(
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```
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Hit F4. Driver shows an error under the definition.
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Fix the definition:
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```
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on.draw = function()
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end
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```
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Hit F4. The error disappears.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, add a definition containing invalid Lua:
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```
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on.draw = function(
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```
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Hit F4. Driver shows an error under the definition as before.
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Quit the client app.
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Restart the client app. It loads up without error.
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Switch back to the driver. Fix the definition.
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```
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on.draw = function()
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end
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```
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Hit F4. The error disappears.
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Driver can connect to app on errors in on.initialize (and `on.load_settings`).
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, define `on.initialize` with a run-time error:
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```
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on.initialize = function()
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foo = bar+1
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end
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```
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Hit F4.
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Quit the client app and restart. App shows an error.
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Edit `on.initialize` in the driver and remove the error:
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```
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on.initialize = function()
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end
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```
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Hit F4. The error disappears from the app and driver.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, define `on.initialize` with a run-time error:
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```
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on.initialize = function()
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foo = bar+1
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end
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```
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Hit F4.
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Quit the client app and restart. App shows an error.
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Hit F4 again in the driver (without fixing the error).
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The client app continues to show the error.
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Driver can connect to app on errors in `on.quit` (and `on.save_settings`).
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, define `on.quit` with a run-time error:
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```
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on.quit = function()
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foo = bar+1
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end
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```
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Hit F4.
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Try to quit the client app. It shows an error and refuses to quit.
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Edit `on.quit` in the driver and remove the error:
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```
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on.quit = function()
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end
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```
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Hit F4. The error disappears from the app and driver.
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Try to quit the client app. Now the quit succeeds.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, define `on.quit` with a run-time error:
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```
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on.quit = function()
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foo = bar+1
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end
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```
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Hit F4.
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Try to quit the client app. It shows an error and refuses to quit.
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Hit F4 again in the driver (without fixing the error).
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Try to quit the client app again. It continues to show the error.
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Driver can connect to app that contains test failures on startup.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, define a new test with an invalid assertion:
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```
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test_foo = function()
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check(nil, 'foo')
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end
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```
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Hit F4. The test fails.
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Quit the client app and restart. App shows an error.
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Edit `test_foo` in the driver and remove the error:
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```
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test_foo = function()
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end
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```
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Hit F4. The error disappears from the app and driver.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, define a new test with an invalid assertion:
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```
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test_foo = function()
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check(nil, 'foo')
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end
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```
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Hit F4.
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Quit the client app and restart. App shows an error.
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Hit F4 again in the driver (without fixing the error).
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The client app continues to show the error.
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* clone this repo to a new client app, clear its save dir, run it, run the
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driver, add a definition containing invalid Lua:
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```
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on.draw = function(
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```
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Hit F4. Driver shows an error under the definition as before.
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Quit the client app.
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Switch back to the driver. Hit F4. The driver hangs and needs to be
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force-quit. [This is not ideal, but how things are today.]
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[1] We never clear the app from the driver's config. driver.love needs to be
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robust to apps changing out from under it.
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### Other compromises
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Lua is dynamically typed. Tests can't patch over lack of type-checking.
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* All strings are UTF-8. Bytes within them are not characters. I try to label
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byte offsets with the suffix `_offset`, and character positions as `_pos`.
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For example, `string.sub` should never use a `_pos`, only an `_offset`.
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* Some ADT/interface support would be helpful in keeping per-line state in
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sync. Any change to line data should clear the derived line property
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`screen_line_starting_pos`.
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* Some inputs get processed in love.textinput and some in love.keypressed.
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Several bugs have arisen due to destructive interference between the two for
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some key chord. I wish I could guarantee that the two sets are disjoint. But
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perhaps I'm not thinking about this right.
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* Like any high-level language, it's easy to accidentally alias two non-scalar
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variables. I wish there was a way to require copy when assigning.
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* I wish I could require pixel coordinates to be integers. The editor
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defensively converts input margins to integers.
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* My test harness automatically runs `test_*` methods -- but only at the
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top-level. I wish there was a way to raise warnings if someone defines such
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a function inside a dict somewhere.
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