in reply to Re: CPAN automated tests for IPC
in thread CPAN automated tests for IPC

The C code is interactive, so my mock test should "interact" with the program, giving commands to it and expecting output. Again, I'm not sure if using another Perl script would have any issue (only thing that comes to my mind is that I need print buffering).

Here is the C code anyway:

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #define COMP_SIZE 265 #define COMP_TYPES_SIZE 428 int main() { FILE *input_file; char comp_file[13] = "list_comp.txt"; char comp_types_file[19] = "list_comp_types.txt"; char command[30]; while(1) { printf("srvrmgr> "); fgets(command, sizeof(command), stdin); /*removes new line*/ command[ strlen(command) - 1] = '\0'; switch(strlen(command)) { /*list comp*/ case 9 : { char comp_line[COMP_SIZE]; input_file = fopen(comp_file, "r"); if (input_file == NULL) { printf("Error reading %s\n", comp_file); perror(comp_file); exit(1); } while(fgets(comp_line, COMP_SIZE, input_file)) { printf("%s", comp_line); } fclose(input_file); break; } /*list comp types*/ case 15 : { char comp_types_line[COMP_TYPES_SIZE]; input_file = fopen(comp_types_file, "r"); if (input_file == NULL) { printf("Error reading %s\n", comp_types_file); perror(comp_types_file); exit(1); } while(fgets(comp_types_line, COMP_TYPES_SIZE, input_fi +le)) { printf("%s", comp_types_line); } fclose(input_file); break; } /*exit*/ case 4 : { printf("Disconnecting...\n"); exit(0); } default : { printf("Invalid command\n"); break; } } /*end of switch...case*/ } /*end of while(1)*/ exit(0); }

I'm sure I could write something better in pure Perl, but I'm confident that it wouldn't compromisse the testing results.

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Re^3: CPAN automated tests for IPC
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 17, 2012 at 16:40 UTC

    This is a pretty literal translation of your C file, that should perform exactly the same way (barring typos):

    #! perl -slw use strict; use constant { COMP_FILE => "list_comp.txt", COMP_TYPES_FILE => "list_comp_types.txt", }; while( 1 ) { printf "svrmgr> "; chomp( my $command = <STDIN> ); if( $command eq COMP_FILE ) { open my $in, '<', COMP_FILE or printf("Error reading %s\n", COMP_FILE ) and next; print while <$in>; } elsif( $command eq COMP_TYPES_FILE ) { open my $in, '<', COMP_TYPES_FILE or printf("Error reading %s\n", COMP_TYPES_FILE ) and next; print while <$in>; } else if( $command eq 'EXIT' ) { print "Disconnecting...\n"; last; } else { print "Invalid command\n"; } } exit 0;

    Easier to maintain?

    (Also, just an aside. Are the blank lines in your C code an artifact of posting, or your preferred style?)


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      I believe it may work too, so I should consider using Perl instead of C just because it's easier to maintain. I'll put both of them to testing and if the results are the same I'll stick with the Perl version.

      I believe I might have put the blank lines by hand, not sure if it was the editor that I'm using (Anjuta). But it was not the posting.

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