[m-dev.] diff: fix tests in hard_coded for MSVC

[Fergus Henderson]

On 14-Feb-2001, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 09:19:06AM +1100, Simon Taylor wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 04:58:17PM +0100, Peter Ross wrote:
> > > Estimated hours taken: 8
> > > 
> > > Adapt the tests in the hard_coded directory so that the version of the
> > > Mercury compiler built with MSVC passes them in the hlc.gc grade.
> >  
> > > tests/hard_coded/Mmakefile:
> > >     Remove test_bitset and add bitset.
> > > 
> > > tests/hard_coded/bitset.exp:
> > > tests/hard_coded/bitset.m:
> > > tests/hard_coded/bitset_tester.m:
> > > tests/hard_coded/test_bitset.exp:
> > > tests/hard_coded/test_bitset.m:
> > >     Move this test into one test case because mmake falls over with
> > >     unable to make `std_util.m^M', plus there is no reason to have this
> > >     case spread over two files.
> > > 
> > > tests/hard_coded/exceptions/test_exceptions_func.m:
> > >     Remove the uneeded import of std_util, this avoids the
> > >     `std_util.m^M' problem mentioned in the previous test case.
> > 
> > Any idea what's causing this problem?
> > 
> > The reason for having test_bitset.m and bitset_tester.m as separate
> > files is that it is useful to be able to use bitset_tester.m as a
> > replacement for sparse_bitset.m to debug problems in sparse_bitset.m.
>
> It is obviously something to do with the fact that having an MSVC
> version of mercury compiler, but the cygwin tools as the build
> architecture can lead to files being produced in various different
> formats.  I however cannot work out where this particular ^M is coming
> from and why it only a problem with std_util.

OK, but it is not a good idea to delete the test case just because it
fails!  If that test case is failing, it indicates a problem somewhere.
Detecting problems is what test cases are for ;-)

Could you please put the test case back?

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