[Haskell] ANN: SmallCheck0.2
Colin Runciman
colin at cs.york.ac.uk
Mon Nov 6 11:10:08 EST 2006
SmallCheck 0.2: another lightweight testing library in Haskell
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A new version of SmallCheck can be obtained from:
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/smallcheck0.2.tar
Main differences from 0.1:
* choice of interactive or non-interactive test-drivers using
iterative deepening;
* more pre-defined test-data generators, including revised
Int, Integer, Float, Double, Nat and Natural.
* Additional examples.
SmallCheck is similar to QuickCheck (Claessen and Hughes 2000-) but
instead of testing for a sample of randomly generated values, SmallCheck
tests properties for all the finitely many values up to some depth,
progressively increasing the depth used.
Folk-law: if there is any case in which a program
fails, there is almost always a simple one.
Corollary: if a program does not fail in any
simple case, it almost never fails.
Other possible sales pitches:
* write test generators for your own types more easily
* be sure any counter-examples found are minimal
* write properties using existentials as well as universals
* establish complete coverage of a defined test-space
* display counter-examples of functional type
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Colin R
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