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From: Patrick Robb <probb@iol.unh.edu>
To: "Mattias Rönnblom" <hofors@lysator.liu.se>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
	"Mattias Rönnblom" <mattias.ronnblom@ericsson.com>,
	"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: Run unit tests with C++ too
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:52:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJvnSUDwS8TpOKhnmKZKwsdyDDGw=K4rK_61QZEuUgjYdNAUTw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4d5510d1-bdc6-43de-abbc-749eaa3c75a4@lysator.liu.se>

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On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 3:46 AM Mattias Rönnblom <hofors@lysator.liu.se>
wrote:

> It would be great if the unit test suite (app/test/*) was compiled (and
> run) using a C++ (C++11) compiler as well. At least, if such is available.
>

Sure, the UNH Lab can try this.


>
> With the current state of affairs, header file macros or functions are
> not verified to be functional (or even valid) C++.
>
> "C is a subset of C++", which was never true, is becoming less and less so.
>
> If all unit tests aren't valid C++, maybe one could start with an "opt
> in" model.
>

Okay, so basically run the fast-test suite, record all that don't pass,
submit a bugzilla ticket stating which unit tests are not valid on a
certain c++ compiler, then bring CI Testing online using the valid subset
of fast-tests. This should work.


>
> A drawback of this is that the unit tests need to be both valid C and
> valid C++.
>

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-04-30 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-28  7:46 Mattias Rönnblom
2024-04-29  8:01 ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-04-29 22:49   ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-30 13:52 ` Patrick Robb [this message]
2024-04-30 18:01   ` Tyler Retzlaff
2024-04-30 20:13   ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-04-30 20:57     ` Patrick Robb
2024-05-01  9:10       ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-05-01 10:15         ` Bruce Richardson
2024-05-01 14:14         ` Mattias Rönnblom
2024-05-01 14:38           ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-05-01 14:45             ` Bruce Richardson

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