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Re: gas testsuite approch
On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 04:35:41PM -0400, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Svein E. Seldal wrote:
> > But when I look at the existing tests, some target excludes the test
> > entirely, while others uses XFAIL. Take the c30 target as an example. It
> > does not xfail it - it simply skips the test. Which method should I use?
>
> Wrong choice of words on my part, but the C30 example still
> fits. Skipping is better than xfail in this case: an xfail is
> supposed to be a known failure and signalling a failure would be
> wrong here.
Hmm, I prefer xfail, simply because an XPASS result alerts you to
something unusual. In this case, an XPASS would indicate a failure!
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Alan Modra
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