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From: Clemens Famulla-Conrad <cfamullaconrad@suse.de>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] Rename tst_test_* to tst_require_*
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:03:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1570799029.4238.15.camel@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191011100604.GA11441@dell5510>

On Fri, 2019-10-11 at 12:06 +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Cc: Li and Clemens
> 
> > these patches rename tst_test_* to tst_require_*, to better
> > describe
> > their use. There is also tst_require_root, that has the same
> > behavior: It also calls tst_brk in case of a failing requirement.
> > You can also get this patch from the following repo:
> > https://github.com/MofX/ltp/commits/rename_tst_test-tst_require
> 
> sorry for not thinking first, I wonder if we want to sync
> tst_test_* (function name) vs $TST_NEEDS_* (test API variable name),
> e.g.: tst_require_drivers $TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS

I fully agree with Petr that we must be consistent in naming between
variable- and function-name.

> 
> i.e. either of these:
> s/tst_test_/tst_needs_/
> s/TST_NEEDS_/TST_REQUIRE_/
> 
> I consider *require* as more descriptive than *needs*,
> but changing to *require* would require more work :).

If we use needs or require ? Hard question - when I search for synonyms
from one or the other, I don't see a big different. Without looking on
the impact, require sounds also more descriptive.

thx, Clemens

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-11 13:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-11  9:07 [LTP] Rename tst_test_* to tst_require_* Joerg Vehlow
2019-10-11  9:07 ` [LTP] [PATCH 1/2] shell: Rename s/tst_test_cmds/tst_require_cmds/ Joerg Vehlow
2019-10-11  9:07 ` [LTP] [PATCH 2/2] shell: Rename s/tst_test_drivers/tst_require_drivers/ Joerg Vehlow
2019-10-11 10:06 ` [LTP] Rename tst_test_* to tst_require_* Petr Vorel
2019-10-11 12:36   ` Cyril Hrubis
2019-10-11 13:03   ` Clemens Famulla-Conrad [this message]
2019-10-11 13:10     ` Cyril Hrubis
2019-10-11 14:00       ` Petr Vorel
2019-10-24 12:28         ` Cyril Hrubis
2019-10-24 12:48           ` Petr Vorel
2019-11-06 16:26             ` Cyril Hrubis
2019-11-06 17:01               ` Petr Vorel
2019-11-07 11:09                 ` Petr Vorel
2019-11-07 11:32               ` Petr Vorel
2019-10-11 13:28     ` Li Wang
2019-10-11 13:39     ` Joerg Vehlow

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