[racket-dev] teaching languages error message

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 14 14:33:18 EDT 2010

On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Robby Findler wrote:

> No problem. That's what drdr is for! :)
> 
> But I'll go ahead and add you to the relevant test suites reporting.
> 
> You might want to try them out, just so you get a sense (they're
> really testing the integration of the teaching langauges into
> drracket, so the precise wording is incidnental; they're trying to
> make sure they get a beginner error and not a full language error).


In that case, the test might just be checking for the 
wrong property. Shouldn't we change this, especially for
precise wordings of error reports? (When Guillaume takes
over, we'll see even more of this.) 



> % cd plt/collects/tests/drracket
> % gracket language-test.rkt
> # don't touch the keyboard or mouse, and watch the show ...
> # (according to drdr it will take at lest 9 minutes)
> 



(Thanks. I have run them before, but out of drscheme.) 







> Robby
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Matthias Felleisen
> <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> My changes in response to pr11xyz.
>> 
>> I ran the language test suite. I had no clue that language
>> changes can affect drrracket test suites. Sorry.
>> 
>> Done.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 14, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
>> 
>>> The teaching language error message wording changed slightly, breaking
>>> some of the drracket tests:
>>> 
>>>  http://drdr.racket-lang.org/21243/collects/tests/drracket/language-test.rkt
>>> 
>>> Before I fix that, I just wanted to check and see if the changes are done.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Robby
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