[racket] tests/eli-tester feedback (Was: Racket unit testing)

On 2/14/11 7:18 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
> (I have other comments on the Eli's proposal but why you're observing
> here is unfortunately already intrenched in Racket; it isn't new
> here.)

I read Stephen's comment as objecting to the use of the name `true', 
which already means #t, to be the name for Eli's new truish value that 
is `=>' to all non-false values.

Using `truish' for Eli's proposed value, I would expect the following to 
succeed:

(test
   1 => truish
   #t => true
   #t => truish)

and the following to fail:

(test
   1 => true
   #f => true
   #f => truish)

David

> On Monday, February 14, 2011, Stephen Bloch<sbloch at adelphi.edu>  wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
>>
>>> I figured that
>>> a much better solution to avoid some new `/=>' is to have instead a
>>> new `true' so that (test E =>  true) works for any non-#f value.
>>
>> Umm... isn't redefining "true" sorta like redefining pi to equal 3?  If you're going to create such a magic value, PLEASE call it "non-false" or something instead of "true".
>>
>>
>> Stephen Bloch
>> sbloch at adelphi.edu
>>
>>
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