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Subject: Re: [tag] Groups - TA Anatomy V0.4 (AnatomyTA-v04.doc) uploaded
On 21/09/2007, stephen.green@systml.co.uk <stephen.green@systml.co.uk> wrote: > So there is no pass or fail of the TA I gather > but isn't it written as if there is? That confuses me a bit > (it needs careful wording which I haven't attempted to figure out). > > The TA isn't the test case so it doesn't evaluate to anything. > It just gives information to the test case about how it ought > to be evaluated to fulfil spec requirements, say (or on the > test based on the test case based on the TA). > > Yet we have determined the beginning of rules to say something like > that a postcondition or precondition which evaluates to false means the test > should evaluate to 'not applicable'. How can test execution be based on a post condition? The post condition is established when the test has run, hence cannot be used by the test, since by definition it has not completed if it is evaluating a post condition? regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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