diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/README b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/README index c21634ce824..11c7f548421 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/README +++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/README @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use the new style DejaGnu framework. Eventually, we'll abandon // 1: Thoughts on naming test cases, and structuring them. The testsuite directory has been divided into 11 directories, directly correlated to the relevant chapters in the standard. For example, the -directory testsuite/21_strings contains tests related to chapter 21, -Strings library in the C++ standard. +directory testsuite/21_strings contains tests related to "Chapter 21, +Strings library" in the C++ standard. So, the first step in making a new test case is to choose the correct directory. The second item is seeing if a test file exists that tests @@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ after the section headings in ISO 14882, the C++ standard. For instance, Has a related test case: 21_strings/inserters_extractors.cc -Not so hard. Some time, the works "ctor" and "dtor" are used instead +Not so hard. Some time, the words "ctor" and "dtor" are used instead of "construct", "constructor", "cons", "destructor", etc. Other than -that, the naming seems mostly consistent. +that, the naming seems mostly consistent. If the file exists, add a +test to it. If it does not, then create a new file. All files are +copyright the FSF, and GPL'd: this is very important. Inside a test file, the plan is to test the relevant parts of the standard, and then add specific regressions as additional test