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Jv (jv-ravichandran) wrote : Re: [Nunit-core] [Bug 1057981] Re: C#5 async tests are not supported

Is not the branch pull-ed by me not visible in the lp log?

Jv

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Charlie Poole <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Jv,
>
> You have to pull and build Simone's branch from source in order to be
> able to work on this at all. As I remember from some previous work
> you did, you were unable to do that on your machine. Is that still
> a problem for you?
>
> Charlie
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jv <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Charlie,
> >
> > 1. Will start with the scenarios outlined by you plus some of my own.
> Maybe
> > they could feature in the help section.
> >
> > 2. Waiting for the merge to happen or can NUnit GUI work with Simone's
> > commit?
> >
> > Because I also want to test the GCConcurrent (for previous .net versions)
> > and serverGc (for .net 4.5) element and this can be done only through the
> > App config file. I guess this is more important due to it being the new
> > feature in .Net 4.5.
> >
> > 3. The unmanaged aspect to it, where the above configuration settings can
> > be overridden by the requesting app.What happens in the test (this is
> not a
> > question) when the config settings can be overridden by a call to
> > IsServerGC call from the unmanaged app. Is this consideration important?
> > And to complicate things further, some processor.architectures are not
> > supported.
> >
> > I am not sure if this should be documented as a known issue in NUnit or
> > should NUnit provide a hint when the Async tests are run or executed?
> >
> > 4. The SynchronizationContext and the AsynchronizationContext can be
> quite
> > tricky when GcCocurrent and ServerGC elements can both be used. Please
> > comment on this with reference to #2 above.
> >
> > Jv
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:37 AM, Charlie Poole <email address hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds good! One thing we need is a test assembly built in VS2012,
> >> which contains all sorts of combinations of test features, for example,
> >> test cases that use an async method, methods with timeout plus async,
> >> methods using testcasesource, etc. The existing NUnit tests have lots
> >> of examples but of course none of them can use async.
> >>
> >> This is actually something that would help us implement async tests
> >> in all three projects... NUnit V2, NUnit 3.0 and NUnitLite
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Jv <email address hidden> wrote:
> >> > Sure, Charlie, but this particular problem does require more than one
> >> > person I thought and hence suggested to help. I will try to
> independently
> >> > simulate some similar async scenarios and then seek help on how it
> can be
> >> > merged with Simone's work.
> >> >
> >> > Jv
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Charlie Poole <email address hidden>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi Jv,
> >> >>
> >> >> You should coordinate with Simone on this, since he has the
> >> >> bug assigned. OTOH, there are tons of things to do other
> >> >> than this if you want something of your own!
> >> >>
> >> >> Charlie
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Jv <email address hidden>
> wrote:
> >> >> > Since I am fairly free, I can work on this issue independently as a
> >> >> > spike. Please point me to the appropriate files in NUnit v2.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I will be working on finding if the async threads' context can be
> >> >> > independently established.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This will help in maintaining that tests "await"-ing a async
> result is
> >> >> > testing the right context and will also help in establishing the
> >> "void"
> >> >> > context.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Jv
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to
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> >> >> > Extended Testing Platform.
> >> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057981
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Title:
> >> >> > C#5 async tests are not supported
> >> >> >
> >> >> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1057981/+subscriptions
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> You received this bug notification because you are a member of NUnit
> >> >> Developers, which is subscribed to NUnit V2.
> >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057981
> >> >>
> >> >> Title:
> >> >> C#5 async tests are not supported
> >> >>
> >> >> Status in NUnit Test Framework:
> >> >> Triaged
> >> >> Status in NUnitLite Testing Framework:
> >> >> Triaged
> >> >> Status in NUnit V2 Test Framework:
> >> >> In Progress
> >> >>
> >> >> Bug description:
> >> >> If a method is marked async, nunit does not recognise it as a test,
> >> >> and some test runners may incorrectly pass it while it is still
> >> >> running. These methods actually return a Task not void, and the
> test
> >> >> can only be passed if the task completes without a failure.
> >> >>
> >> >> As detailed here
> >> http://anthonysteele.co.uk/async-and-await-with-nunit
> >> >>
> >> >> MSTest supports async tests
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/03/13/what-s-new-for-mstest-unit-tests-in-visual-studio-11-beta.aspx
> >> >>
> >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1057981/+subscriptions
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Ravichandran Jv
> >> > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to NUnit
> >> > Extended Testing Platform.
> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057981
> >> >
> >> > Title:
> >> > C#5 async tests are not supported
> >> >
> >> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1057981/+subscriptions
> >>
> >> --
> >> You received this bug notification because you are a member of NUnit
> >> Developers, which is subscribed to NUnit V2.
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057981
> >>
> >> Title:
> >> C#5 async tests are not supported
> >>
> >> Status in NUnit Test Framework:
> >> Triaged
> >> Status in NUnitLite Testing Framework:
> >> Triaged
> >> Status in NUnit V2 Test Framework:
> >> In Progress
> >>
> >> Bug description:
> >> If a method is marked async, nunit does not recognise it as a test,
> >> and some test runners may incorrectly pass it while it is still
> >> running. These methods actually return a Task not void, and the test
> >> can only be passed if the task completes without a failure.
> >>
> >> As detailed here
> http://anthonysteele.co.uk/async-and-await-with-nunit
> >>
> >> MSTest supports async tests
> >>
> >>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/03/13/what-s-new-for-mstest-unit-tests-in-visual-studio-11-beta.aspx
> >>
> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1057981/+subscriptions
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ravichandran Jv
> > http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com
> >
> > --
> > You received this bug notification because you are a member of NUnit
> > Developers, which is subscribed to NUnit V2.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057981
> >
> > Title:
> > C#5 async tests are not supported
> >
> > Status in NUnit Test Framework:
> > Triaged
> > Status in NUnitLite Testing Framework:
> > Triaged
> > Status in NUnit V2 Test Framework:
> > In Progress
> >
> > Bug description:
> > If a method is marked async, nunit does not recognise it as a test,
> > and some test runners may incorrectly pass it while it is still
> > running. These methods actually return a Task not void, and the test
> > can only be passed if the task completes without a failure.
> >
> > As detailed here http://anthonysteele.co.uk/async-and-await-with-nunit
> >
> > MSTest supports async tests
> >
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/03/13/what-s-new-for-mstest-unit-tests-in-visual-studio-11-beta.aspx
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1057981/+subscriptions
> >
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> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of NUnit
> Developers, which is subscribed to NUnit V2.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057981
>
> Title:
> C#5 async tests are not supported
>
> Status in NUnit Test Framework:
> Triaged
> Status in NUnitLite Testing Framework:
> Triaged
> Status in NUnit V2 Test Framework:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> If a method is marked async, nunit does not recognise it as a test,
> and some test runners may incorrectly pass it while it is still
> running. These methods actually return a Task not void, and the test
> can only be passed if the task completes without a failure.
>
> As detailed here http://anthonysteele.co.uk/async-and-await-with-nunit
>
> MSTest supports async tests
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/03/13/what-s-new-for-mstest-unit-tests-in-visual-studio-11-beta.aspx
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+bug/1057981/+subscriptions
>

--
Regards,

Ravichandran Jv
http://ravichandranjv.blogspot.com