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Check is a unit test framework for C. It features a simple interface
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for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the
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developer. Tests are run in a separate address space, so Check can
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catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause segmentation
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faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within
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source code editors and IDEs.
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Check was inspired by similar frameworks that currently exist for most
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programming languages; the most famous example being JUnit for Java
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(www.junit.org). There is a list of unit test frameworks for multiple
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languages at www.xprogramming.com/software.htm . Unit testing has a
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long history as part of formal quality assurance methodologies, but
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has recently been associated with the lightweight methodology called
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Extreme Programming. In that methodology, the characteristic practice
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involves interspersing unit test writing with coding (" test a little,
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code a little"). While the incremental unit test/code approach is
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indispensable to Extreme Programming, it is also applicable, and
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perhaps indispensable, outside of that methodology.
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WWW: http://check.sourceforge.net
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- Mike
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mikeh@FreeBSD.org
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