Re: misleading error message from variable modifier

[don fong]

> If you'd like to augment the test suite where you feel it lacks something,
> please feel free to do so.


tests were included in my patch.  you deleted them.  i think they should
be added in.

> are there any tests that cover the variable modifiers, either unit tests
> or
> > functional tests?
> Yes. The test framework and tests are available for you to see.


my question was whether you have tests for the variable modifiers.
i don't see any.  that's the area of code i was touching, and that's why i
wrote a few tests of that area.

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 7:10 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 3/7/18 1:00 PM, don fong wrote:
> > Chet Ramey wrote:
> >> What are the most important features that you consider to lack
> unit tests?
> >
> > are there any tests that cover the variable modifiers, either unit tests
> or
> > functional tests?
>
> Yes. The test framework and tests are available for you to see. They're all
> tests of shell behavior, since what concerns most people is shell behavior.
> If you'd like to augment the test suite where you feel it lacks something,
> please feel free to do so. I'm not interested in adding a new testing
> framework.
>
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>