Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] git-std-lib: add test file to call git-std-lib.a functions

From: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Date: Sep 15, 2023, 18:43 UTC
Message-ID: <20230915184321.1598611-1-jonathantanmy@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20230908174443.1027716-6-calvinwan@google.com>

Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> writes:

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> Add test file that directly or indirectly calls all functions defined in
> git-std-lib.a object files to showcase that they do not reference
> missing objects and that git-std-lib.a can stand on its own.
> 
> Certain functions that cause the program to exit or are already called
> by other functions are commented out.
> 
> TODO: replace with unit tests
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>

I think the TODO should go into the code, so that when we add a unit
test that also deletes stdlib-test.c, we can see what's happening just
from the diff. The TODO should also explain what stdlib-test.c is hoping
to do, and why replacing it is OK. (Also, do we need to invoke all the
functions? I thought that missing functions are checked at link time, or
at the very latest, when the executable is run. No need to change this,
though - invoking all the functions we can is fine.)