[fpc-pascal] Compiler and RTL unit tests

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

A while back I read about how the Delphi community would like the
internal Embarcadero unit tests (if they actually exist) be made public.
As usual, Embarcadero didn't even bother to answer.

So some developers took it in their own hands and started writing their
own suite of tests. This has many many benefits. The first that pops
into my mind, is running a new version of Delphi against the tests to
really see what was fixed or not.

I know Michael van Canneyt is working on unit tests for Free Pascal (at
least some FCL packages, not sure about the RTL). Kudos to him for
pushing this, as it will be a huge benefit to the Free Pascal project.

Anyway, here is the Delphi community developed test suite. This could be
used in may ways by Free Pascal. Test how "delphi compatible" FPC is. It
could also be incorporated into Michael's efforts (license permitting -
not sure how the Apache 2.0 license fits with FPC).

Here is the link if anybody is interested:
  https://bitbucket.org/NickHodges/delphi-unit-tests/src


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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