Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: Chell: A quiet test runner (low-output alternative to test-framework)

I am confused also, as to both what output you don't like that motivated chell and what exactly hspec silences :) Suffice to say I am able to get a small relevant error message on failure with hspec. I am adding the hspec maintainer to this e-mail- he can answer any of your questions. On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:03 AM, John Millikin wrote:

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 07:52, Greg Weber wrote:

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It silences HUnit's output, but will tell you what happens when there is a failure- which I think is what you want. There are a few available output formatters if you don't like the default output, or you can write your own output formatter.

I'm a bit confused. From what I can tell, HUnit does not output *anything* just from running a test -- the result has to be printed manually. What are you silencing?

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BDD is really a red herring. Instead of using function names to name tests you can use strings, which are inherently more descriptive. In chell you already have `assertions "numbers"`, in hspec it would be `it "numbers"`. The preferred style it to remove `test test_Numbers and the test_Numbers definition` which are redundant in this case, and instead place that inline where you define the suite, although that is optional. So I really can't tell any difference betwee "BDD" and "pass/fail assertions". You still just use assertions in hspec.