From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-04-18T00:54:09+09:00
Subject: Re: [1.9-16apr] $0 is messed up

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 16:10:19 +0200, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> Found some explanation:
> 
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb
> 
> see revision 1.6:
> * lib/test/unit/ui/console/testrunner.rb (test_started): show test
>   name via $0.
> 
> 
> ATT: Nobu
> I think its a bad idea to use global variables for this.
> Wouldn't it be better to have a instance variable with such info.
> For instance '@test_name'.. would be lot better.

I mailed Nathaniel Talbott about it:
NT> Well, I think I understand why it was changed (although I didn't make� 
NT> the change)... if you set the $0 variable, then ps, top, etc., will� 
NT> display that value when you do a process listing. I know I've found� 
NT> that to be handy for some processes myself. So it seems the serious� 
NT> issue might be the weird output you're ending up with, as opposed to� 
NT> setting $0. But Nobu's really the one to make the final call on it, as� 
NT> he put that change in.

Now it makes much more sense.. However I still wish
that $0 would be untouched by Test::Unit.

--
Simon Strandgaard