From: Mauricio Fernandez <mfp@...>
Date: 2006-09-06T02:01:49+09:00
Subject: Re: using rcov in already running program

On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 09:39:10AM +0900, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote:
> Mauricio Fernandez wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:00:07AM +0900, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote:
> >> RCOV_ARGV = ['--html', '--no-color', '--save', 'coverage.html']
> >> require 'rcov/runner'
> > 
> > What about something like this?
> > 
> > require 'rcov/runner'
> > # if nothing else is done, it generates a plain text report, no HTML
> > 
> > # Rcov::Runner.generate formatter [, options]  is used to specify which
> > # reports are to be generated. The possible options will be explained in the
> > # RDoc documentation.
> > Rcov::Runner.generate Rcov::HTMLCoverage, :color => false
> > Rcov::Runner.generate Rcov::TextCoverageDiff, :coverage_diff_mode => :record,
> >                       :coverage_diff_file => "coverage.data"
> 
> This is good. Please proceed with this approach.

Alright then, I'll document the available report generators ("formatters")
and their options in the RDoc.

##
hmmm, which one is better?

lib/cov/runner.rb:

require 'rcov/runner'


  ruby -rcov/runner myscript.rb

or

lib/cov.rb ->   ruby -rcov myscript.rb

Naming your lib r.* can be handy at times...

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