Hello andrew!   
      
   Sunday October 14 2012 04:37, andrew clarke wrote to All:   
      
    ac> Does anyone here who uses MakeNL regularly feel comfortable writing a   
    ac> small "test suite" for MakeNL so the developers can actually verify it   
    ac> works properly? Just some realistic-looking config files that MakeNL   
    ac> can run through and produce some predictable output.   
      
   I test at the Network and Region level on a copy of my live control and data   
   files.  I also have Janis test at the Zone and composite level any potential   
   release candidates.   
      
    ac> I say this because not all the MakeNL developers (well, speaking for   
    ac> myself, anyway) actually use it.   
      
   Jame and I do.   
      
    ac> Ideally MakeNL would be self-testing, but that would probably require   
    ac> a lot of code changes so I don't really see that happening any time   
    ac> soon.   
      
   The bug I fixed last night has probably been there for quite a while.  A   
   thorough test suite including verification of output data is a good idea, but   
   I agree it's not likely in the short term.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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