From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-04-04T21:49:25+09:00
Subject: Re: [Ann] Verify, a very basic testing tool.

Robert Dober wrote:

> Maybe, indeed I had the very strong intention to write Lab419 to make
> my code Ruby1.9 and 1.8 compatible. Too much work? Not enough time? I
> dunno, finally I got tired of it and wanted my closure based Verify to
> work. This goes without pain in 1.9.
> But I agree with what you say.

Here's a snip of my Rakefile, tuned for TDD:

task :default do
   sh 'ruby186 test/assert2_rjs_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby187 test/assert2_rjs_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby190 test/assert2_rjs_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby191 test/assert2_rjs_suite.rb'

   sh 'ruby186 test/rubynode_reflector_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby187 test/rubynode_reflector_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby190 test/ripper_reflector_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby191 test/ripper_reflector_suite.rb'

   sh 'ruby186 test/assert2_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby187 test/assert2_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby190 test/assert2_suite.rb'
   sh 'ruby191 test/assert2_suite.rb'
   ...

I'm implying that, after every couple of edits, I run every test in every Ruby. 
This system works great to avoid the "Too much work? Not enough time?" quandary.

Actually, it doesn't. I lied. Most of those are commented out. I cannot figure 
out how to get my peesashit Ubuntu to install all of those at the same time, and 
I otherwise don't want to give up on the package manager. Debian's packaging for 
Ruby sure sucks, huh?

-- 
   Phlip