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 ccan/compiler  

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The tap package produces simple-to-parse mainly-human-readable test output to assist in the writing of test cases. It is based on the (now-defunct) libtap, which is based on Perl's CPAN TAP module. Its output can be parsed by a harness such as CPAN's Prove.

CCAN testcases are expected to output the TAP format, usually using this package.

For more information about TAP, see:

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol

Based on the original libtap, Copyright (c) 2004 Nik Clayton.

Example:

#include <string.h>
#include <ccan/tap/tap.h>

// Run some simple (but overly chatty) tests on strcmp().
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        const char a[] = "a", another_a[] = "a";
        const char b[] = "b";
        const char ab[] = "ab";

        plan_tests(4);
        diag("Testing different pointers (%p/%p) with same contents",
             a, another_a);
        ok1(strcmp(a, another_a) == 0);

        diag("'a' comes before 'b'");
        ok1(strcmp(a, b) < 0);
        ok1(strcmp(b, a) > 0);

        diag("'ab' comes after 'a'");
        ok1(strcmp(ab, a) > 0);
        return exit_status();
}

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