On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart@sig.com> wrote:
Peter Dimov wrote:
Stewart, Robert wrote:
The test tests that Variant produces a warning?
The test tests whether an int can be assigned to a variant, one of whose types is a short. It should produce a warning; in this context, this is a feature. User code that does the same should also produce a warning. This is what warnings are for.
Shouldn't the test confirm that an int can be assigned to a short in a variant and that the resulting short has the same value as when the same int is assigned to a short not in a variant? That test need not produce a warning because comparing the results from the two assignments proves or disproves the behavior of variant.
Do you agree that getting a warning in this use case is a good thing? Assuming you do, don't you find value in a confirmation that the warning is reported, as it should? What's next, fixing compile errors in compile-fail tests? :) Emil Dotchevski Reverge Studios, Inc. http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode