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Subject: Re: [office] Formula: test cases
Bruce, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > > On Mar 29, 2007, at 11:31 AM, David A. Wheeler wrote: > >> The problem is that formulas are rather different beasts from many >> other specifications; either you get the "right answer" or you >> don't. Many protocols and APIs can be very flexible, allowing a >> variety of inputs and outputs. Page layouts can vary. But formulas >> get one bite at the apple: Given a specific input, they MUST produce >> a specific output. > > > This seems like a reasonable point, and the crux of the matter. > Well, a reasonable point but not really the crux of the matter. David and I don't disagree that given specific input that an application must produce a specific output. Where we disagree is how to specify the for the application what it must output for a specific input. Quite a different question. Well, and we disagree on where test cases, admittedly useful things, should be placed. So, really two questions: 1. How to specify behavior of an application given a defined input, and 2. If test cases are supplied, where do they go? Hope you are having a great day! Patrick > Bruce > > > > -- Patrick Durusau Patrick@Durusau.net Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model Member, Text Encoding Initiative Board of Directors, 2003-2005 Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work!
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