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From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/16] t1501: remove use of `test_might_fail cp`
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 12:32:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSy7HX9K=fAfgQk1en4zzu1HYKbSmjSZHhAVqg-RcAcPw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191219231940.GA67903@generichostname>

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 6:18 PM Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 05:52:56PM -0500, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> > [...] I'd rather see:
> >     { cp repo.git/sharedindex.* repo.git/repos/foo || :; } &&
> > which is the idiomatic way this sort of thing is handled in existing tests.
> >
> > While it's true that it may look a bit cryptic to people new to shell
> > scripting, as with any idiom, it's understood at a glance by people
> > familiar with it. That bit about "at a glance" is important: it's much
> > easier to comprehend idiomatic code than code which you have to spend
> > a lot of time _reading_ [...]
>
> The reason why I chose to do this was because I found myself writing the
> above many times in (currently unsent) later test cases that I cleaned
> up. As a result, I felt like it could be wrapped up more nicely with a
> helper function. That being said, if you think that open coding the
> idiom looks nicer, I can reroll to inline it.

I wouldn't say that the idiom "looks nicer", but rather that it has
value specifically because it is an idiom, therefore it reduces
cognitive load (as explained above).

Idioms aside, the new function test_non_git_might_fail() may increase
cognitive load because the reader needs to remember its purpose and
behavior since it's a black box compared to the open-coded version,
yet adds no actual value. Compare that with, say, test_must_fail()
which not only adds value but would significantly increase cognitive
load if open-coded, thus is well justified. That's not to say that
one-liner functions can't necessarily have value; a well named
function or one which introduces an important abstraction may very
well be worthwhile, but I can't convince myself that
test_non_git_might_fail() succeeds in that way.

So, to answer your question, my preference leans toward open-coding this.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-12-20 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-17 12:01 [PATCH 00/15] t: replace incorrect test_must_fail usage (part 1) Denton Liu
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 01/15] test-lib-functions: introduce test_non_git_might_fail() Denton Liu
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 02/15] t/lib-git-p4: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 03/15] t0000: replace test_must_fail with ! for run_sub_test_lib_test() Denton Liu
2019-12-17 20:23   ` Johannes Sixt
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 04/15] t0003: use named parameters in attr_check() Denton Liu
2019-12-17 18:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-17 18:43   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 05/15] t0003: use test_must_be_empty() Denton Liu
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 06/15] t0003: don't use `test_must_fail attr_check` Denton Liu
2019-12-17 18:44   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 07/15] t0020: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-12-17 19:32   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 08/15] t0020: s/test_must_fail has_cr/! has_cr/ Denton Liu
2019-12-17 19:36   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 09/15] t0020: use ! check_packed_refs_marked Denton Liu
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 10/15] t1306: convert `test_might_fail rm` to `rm -f` Denton Liu
2019-12-17 18:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 11/15] t1307: reorder `nongit test_must_fail` Denton Liu
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 12/15] t1409: let sed open its own files Denton Liu
2019-12-17 18:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 13/15] t1409: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-17 19:01   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 14/15] t1501: remove use of `test_might_fail cp` Denton Liu
2019-12-17 19:46   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-17 12:01 ` [PATCH 15/15] t1507: teach full_name() to accept `!` arg Denton Liu
2019-12-17 19:54   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-17 18:28 ` [PATCH 00/15] t: replace incorrect test_must_fail usage (part 1) Junio C Hamano
2019-12-19 22:22 ` [PATCH v2 00/16] " Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 01/16] test-lib-functions: introduce test_non_git_might_fail() Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 02/16] t/lib-git-p4: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 03/16] t0000: replace test_must_fail with run_sub_test_lib_test_err() Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 04/16] t0003: use named parameters in attr_check() Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 05/16] t0003: use test_must_be_empty() Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 06/16] t0003: don't use `test_must_fail attr_check` Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 07/16] t0020: don't use `test_must_fail has_cr` Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 08/16] t0020: use ! check_packed_refs_marked Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 09/16] t1306: convert `test_might_fail rm` to `rm -f` Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 10/16] t1307: reorder `nongit test_must_fail` Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 11/16] t1409: let sed open its own input file Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 12/16] t1409: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 13/16] t1501: remove use of `test_might_fail cp` Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:52     ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-19 23:19       ` Denton Liu
2019-12-20 17:32         ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 14/16] t1507: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 15/16] t1507: run commands within test_expect_success Denton Liu
2019-12-19 22:22   ` [PATCH v2 16/16] t1507: inline full_name() Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15   ` [PATCH v3 00/15] t: replace incorrect test_must_fail usage (part 1) Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 01/15] t/lib-git-p4: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 02/15] t0000: replace test_must_fail with run_sub_test_lib_test_err() Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 03/15] t0003: use named parameters in attr_check() Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 04/15] t0003: use test_must_be_empty() Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 05/15] t0003: don't use `test_must_fail attr_check` Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 06/15] t0020: don't use `test_must_fail has_cr` Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 07/15] t0020: use ! check_packed_refs_marked Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 08/15] t1306: convert `test_might_fail rm` to `rm -f` Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 09/15] t1307: reorder `nongit test_must_fail` Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 10/15] t1409: let sed open its own input file Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 11/15] t1409: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:15     ` [PATCH v3 12/15] t1501: remove use of `test_might_fail cp` Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:16     ` [PATCH v3 13/15] t1507: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:16     ` [PATCH v3 14/15] t1507: run commands within test_expect_success Denton Liu
2019-12-20 18:16     ` [PATCH v3 15/15] t1507: inline full_name() Denton Liu

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