[fpc-devel] Definition of the time-fration in a TDateTime before 30/12/1899

[Florian Klaempfl]

Peter Vreman wrote:
>> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>>>>>> 1. fpcunit didn't exist at the time the FPC tests were implemented.
>>>>>>> 2. Using FPCunit creates a dependency on it. The tests can run
>>>>>>> mostly
>>>>>>>    with only the system unit...
>>>>>> Which dependencies? Maybe they can be reduced and a fpcunit can be
>>>>>> added to tests?
>>>>> fpcunit depends on not so much, but I want to avoid using the FCL in
>>>>> the
>>>>> testsuite... Creating a copy seems rather silly too...
>>>> You can create an svn:external to important that one from the fcl
>>>> without
>>>> creating a real copy.
>>> Good idea.
>>>
>>> Should we convert existing tests to fpcunit ?
>> No, too much work, no real gain :)
> 
> I agree here. New tests can be added with fpcunit. But the basic principe
> of using the halt and the dotest program needs to stay in place.

I see no problem to execute "high" level tests using fpcunit. Maybe we need to
redesign our tests structure a little bit because with the current test system
we can't test fcl, packages and friends.