[PD] pdtest - pd functional testing external

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Yeah, its worthwhile to implement it the way that is useful for you.
But I think you'll find that if you implement the tests as patches, and
then have the whole loading, running, and comparing framework in Lua,
it'll be easier to do.

As for testing signals in lua space, one way would be to have the test
program just write blocks of samples and then read them back, then
compare them.  That's what pd is doing in DSP.

.hc

On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 12:06 -0400, Louis-Philippe wrote:
> You two guys are tough to follow ;)
> anyway, I'm more a code person than a patch person, and I believe I am
> not alone, so this is why pdtest has a Lua code core.
> I totally see your point that tests are better to be implemented in
> way the external is to be used, i.e. within pd, but I think code still
> allows this by only being the test dataset emiter and receiver, and
> has the advantage to have readable code input being close to
> specifications and a test output log that tells you if it flies or not
> at a quick glance. 
> Still, pdtest alway need to work inside a test patch adapted to the
> problem at hand, as what it does is only to output messages and pair
> them with expected messages to be received back.
> 
> 2011/9/14 Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca>
>         Le 2011-09-14 à 10:47:00, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
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>         
>                 Signals are quite easy to test within Pd.  I think it
>                 could make sense to keep the management of the tests
>                 in Lua, but keep the tests as Pd patches.  That way
>                 they'll be easier for Pd people to write tests since
>                 they would just be patches, and you can more easily
>                 test Pd-ish things.
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>         
>         It also makes sense to keep the management of tests in Pd, and
>         to keep the tests in Pd. That way, it'll be easier for Pd
>         people to modify the test framework to better suit tests.
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