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Re: Why isn't ert-buffer.el part of Emacs?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Why isn't ert-buffer.el part of Emacs? |
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Sat, 14 Jun 2014 21:43:16 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I recently discovered 'ert-buffer.el' and find it very useful. It is
> introduced and discussed here:
> I wonder why such a generally useful library isn't included in Emacs (I
> don't even find it in the package repos)?
I vaguely remember hearing about ert-buffer.el at some point. I don't
have enough time to investigate its usefulness myself, so I can only
judge it based on how much it's used.
One way to show its usefulness would be to write a patch for Emacs's
test/automated subdirectory showing how it lets us simplify those tests.
I think if such a library is useful, then it belongs in Emacs's core
rather than in GNU ELPA, since we'd probably want to use it for Emacs's
own tests.
Stefan