Re: WebIDL Testing Plan: who is doing what (and why) by when?

Le lundi 13 mai 2013 à 09:16 -0400, Arthur Barstow a écrit :
> I'm trying to understand the overall testing plan for Web IDL, 
> especially what specifically must be done to get the Web IDL v1 [CR] to 
> pass its CR exit criteria [Exit]. By plan here, I'd like to understand 
> who is doing what, (the `why` part presumably is obvious) and by when.
> 
> We have at least the following resources and activities but I don't 
> quite understand how they fit together re moving the spec to PR. For 
> example, which efforts are required to move WebIDL to PR, is there a 
> commitment to complete the required pieces, which efforts are obsolete, etc.
> 
> * Web IDL parser: there are at least two [idlharness.js] and 
> [webidl2.js]. Which one should be used for CR testing; has anyone 
> committed to maintaining and completing the parser; how is it used 
> vis-a-vis the CR exit criteria?

widlproc is another WebIDL parser.
https://github.com/dontcallmedom/widlproc

Both Webidl2.js and widlproc passes widlproc parsing test suite, as well
as randomly generated test cases from the WebIDL grammar.

> * Online WebIDL checker [Online]. Is this current with the Web IDL [CR]; 
> do we recommend it be used; is anyone maintaining this or do we consider 
> it obsolete?

It is up to date for the parsing part, and should be accurate (if not
exhaustive) for the more semantic aspects. I am maintaining it (although
I'm not putting a lot of resources into it)

Dom

> [Online] <http://www.w3.org/2009/07/webidl-check>

Received on Monday, 13 May 2013 13:23:27 UTC