From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-10-23T19:57:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Find the test dir


Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> The best balance between size and readability is probably the
> following:
>
>   find_test_dir
>
> Of course, the method "find_test_dir" must be implemented somewhere,
> but you won't have to read it very often, and you can just use the six
> lines you've written above.

That' a good point. But my trouble here is that the tests themsselves
can get run out of either of two locations: as attached to the bottom
of the file they test, which is in lib/ or standalone in test/ dir
(same code I just extract it). So there's no convenient place to store
this and still be able to require it without the same trouble, AFAIK.

> However, I would use the 'pathname' library to clarify some of the
> code.

Yes, in this case it would be good, but I recently discovered Pathname
is terribly slow, so I stopped using it.

Thanks,
T.