Re: [PATCH] Add new tests for --completion option.

[David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 13:19 -0400, Eric Gallager wrote:
> On 6/29/18, Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz> wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I would like to add some DejaGNU tests for completion option.
> > 
> > Ready for trunk?
> > Martin

Presumably the point of the DejaGnu tests is:
(a) to give us some integration testing, to complement the unit-tests
expressed via "selftest::" in the code
(b) in future, to allow for target-specific tests for the aspects of
completion (some target-specific options have non-standard arg-parsing, 
iirc, so might need special-casing if the completion code is to be
perfect).  Also, it allows for other DejaGnu-based filters to be used.

> So, correct me if I'm wrong, but these tests would need to be updated
> every time a new option starting like one of those is added, right? 

You're correct.

> If
> so, can you think of any ways to ease the increased maintenance
> efforts?

I think/hope Martin picked option prefixes for which the results are
relatively stable.

If it turns out to be a pain, other options can be chosen, but I guess
we can cross that bridge when we come to it.

Dave