From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7038 invoked by alias); 18 Nov 2009 20:47:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 7029 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Nov 2009 20:47:42 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_JMF_BL,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (HELO vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at) (128.131.111.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:46:49 +0000 Received: from acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at [128.131.111.60]) by vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 835F11E086; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:46:45 +0100 (CET) Received: by acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Postfix, from userid 1203) id 72B4816047; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:46:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE1016041; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:46:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:47:00 -0000 From: Gerald Pfeifer To: Dave Korn cc: Sebastian Mach , gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: New g++ template stress/regression test? In-Reply-To: <4AF4405A.4050502@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <7f0369b60911060213k5c50ee14g97e7a066020a5c6d@mail.gmail.com> <4AF4405A.4050502@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.99 (LSU 1142 2008-08-13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-11/txt/msg00474.txt.bz2 On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Dave Korn wrote: >> I wonder if there would be an interest for a C++ template / compile >> time ray tracer as a heavy test for >> >> * templates in general >> * the type system >> * regression and conformance testing > How big is it? It might be suitable to go in the contrib/ dir, we already > keep a copy of the paranoia FP tests in there, so your template package and > maybe a testscript to run it and record stats might make a nice little > addition in the same spirit. I don't think that's a good idea. Rather, why not add this to http://gcc.gnu.org/testing/ (look for "Build and test guide" there) if it really is a useful test? Gerald