Re: The Case for Rust (in the base system)

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Kristof Provost writes:

> > Why would such a test-tool live in src rather than ports ?
> >
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> It's entirely reasonable for the test code to live in the same 
> repository as the code it tests.

"reasonable" is a very wishy-washy standard :-)

My view is that test-decriptions SHALL live with the code they test.

But there is no particular reason why the test-tool, which interprets
those test-descriptions and perform the test as described need to.

Insisting they do so, also, almost by definition, limits their
abilities.

For instance a test-tool living in src cannot have a graphical UX.

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