Re: Can we use PHPT instead of .php and .php.expect

On 4 Oct 2014, at 00:37, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote: > Hi! > >> Why are the spec tests so basic, using just .php and .php.expect >> files? Is there a good reason not to use the more sophisticated, >> though still lightweight and simple, PHPT test format used by php.net >> PHP? This way, we could write tests that work for both (or even share >> tests), and you would be able to use EXPECTFs (which are >> super-handy). > > Using phpt would be nice. I wonder if we could write a script that > converts php+expect pairs into phpt. Done: https://gist.github.com/TazeTSchnitzel/a15bc06a8f170cbb0a37 Run this in php-langspec and it’ll convert all the tests. Please spot if there are any problems with it, it seems to work properly. I note that, apparently, we have several tests which are broken in current PHP(!) -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/