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I would like it if the `where` tests supported DataTables for a slightly more declarative style. Here's an example from Scala/Specs2: https://github.com/snowplo

• skrishnamurthi 13y ago
  The fact that they don't now doesn't mean they can't in future! One of the advantages of having a separate block for tests is we can do things in that block that won't necessarily pervade the whole language where it might not make sense (which we already do: eg, the keywords "is" and "satisfies"). We've all done some sort of "here's a list of tuples, now map the prefix of this as arguments and the suffix as the expected value over this function", so it is something on our mind. But I've struggled a bit to find a good way of writing it. We've written a few things where it looked truly "naked" to have these tuples without the surrounding function call. So it's as much a matter of syntax design as anything else. I must say that the code on that page does not look like something I want to copy; it looks like a good compromise, but with emphasis on both words. We don't need to compromise.
  • alexatkeplar 13y ago
    If you can up with a cleaner syntax for test data tables that would be awesome, thanks Shriram.