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Re: [Bug-wget] [GSoC] Refactoring the Test Suite


From: Darshit Shah
Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] [GSoC] Refactoring the Test Suite
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 02:39:35 +0100

Hi Zihang,


I just had a brief glance through the whole commit. That's a very large
change! It's essentially the same code with lots of moving around and
cosmetic changes.

However, I do have a couple of issues with it:
1. I found it really difficult to follow the code. You should edit the
README file to reflect the current scenario and how should a developer
follow it.
2. It seems like you've created some really nice abstractions, it would
very nice to explain them so the developers for Wget know what to look at
and what to edit.
3. While the code surely is more pythonic, it creates a slight problem.
It's *more* pythonic. Most people who have to deal with this code are not
users who use Python everyday. I think, a little lesser of strict Python
syntax and a little more of simpler syntax will allow non-Python developers
to more easily follow the code. The point of using Python to rewrite the
old test suite was that Perl was a bit too cryptic and people had to spend
too much time understanding the code first before they could edit it. I
don't want to repeat that with having truly pythonic code which takes more
time to follow for a C developer.

Others, please chime in on this. I like the overall restructuring though.
And if the abstractions do work the way I think they do, I believe this
could be a good idea. I'll look at it in much more detail when I get the
time.


On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 2:22 AM, Darshit Shah <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the refactoring. However, you've included makefile and
> makefile.in which are autogenerated files and should not be commited.
>
> Also, your patch has trailing whitespace errors. And I don't think you've
> added an entry to ChangeLog either. Please look into these. I haven't seen
> your patch yet. The Makefile errors mean I can't apply it without a lot of
> extra work.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:38 PM, 陈子杭 (Zihang Chen) <address@hidden>wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Here's a patch refactoring CommonMethods, HTTPTest and project hierarchy.
>> 19 tests passed, 1 xfailed as expected.
>>
>> Let me know if there's any problem.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Chen Zihang,
>> Computer School of Wuhan University
>> ---
>> 此致
>> 陈子杭
>> 武汉大学计算机学院
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanking You,
> Darshit Shah
>
>


-- 
Thanking You,
Darshit Shah


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