Re: "Run RPG Unit Test" prompt? -- WDSCI-L

Thomas,
Thank you so much for bringing me up to speed on RPGUnit, since I am
trying to promote it now.

However today, I am seeing that the update site is not up. Is this
temporary?
[1]http://www.tools400.de/rpgunit/update/rdp8.0/

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Date: Thu, May 10, 2018 9:50 AM

Hi Edmund,

The 31s0 data type is a historical thing. Now it is impossible to change
the procedure interface without breaking binary backward compatibility.
RPGUnit from "lacton" is were the history of RPGUnit began:

[2]https://sourceforge.net/projects/rpgunit/?source=directory

[3]https://sourceforge.net/p/rpgunit/feature-requests/3/
No response to my posting from 2014-08-25.

[4]https://sourceforge.net/p/rpgunit/discussion/608727/thread/6c55c5fd/
No response to my posting from 2012-05-15.

[5]https://sourceforge.net/p/rpgunit/discussion/608727/thread/09367a0d/
Mihaels's opinion regarding the project activity from 2017-12-14.

Then Mihael Schmidt forked the RPG code because there was no response
from the original developer and he assumed the project is dead. Mihael
basically added the user space interface to integrate RPGUnit into
RPGNextGen. He called the utility ILEUnit but never made the plug-in
portion available:

[6]https://sourceforge.net/projects/ileunit/?source=directory

I do not remember the details, but Mihael passed his plug-in code (used
in RPGNextGen) to me for whatever reasons (that I do not remember). I
refactored some aspects in the RPG code and greatly enhanced the
plug-in. Basically I fixed some quick & dirty RPG things and I improved
the user space interface to get more information back into RDi. Next I
spend a lot of work in making the RPG code more robust when it comes to
unexpected runtime errors. Last but not least I translated the plug-in
to German and added the help pages. I called the utility iRPGUnit:

[7]https://sourceforge.net/projects/irpgunit/?source=directory

Now the idea is to join ILEUnit and iRPGUnit again. I hope that we get
it done until the end of the year. I have a whole bunch of other ideas
what to do in Summer and Autumn.

You can already compare DATE, TIME and TIMESTAMP values using the pure
assert() procedure:

assert(actualDate = expectedDate: errorMsg);

But of course it is not a big deal to add special procedures for that.
People may add a feature request if they are interested in that.

Comparing UCS data, however, is a good idea, although you can also use
assert() for it. People may also add a features request for that.

Thomas.

Am 10.05.2018 um 06:53 schrieb Edmund Reinhardt:
> Thanks Thomas
> I appreciate the tip about the new location of RPGUNIT, I will
inform the
> folks at COMMON about it.
>
> One thing that appears to be missing.
> The current assert for numerics does not ever test decimals and
packed
> numbers could be much larger now..
> D iEqual pr extproc('iEqual')
> D expected 31s 0 const //<------ why
limit
> decimals to 0 and length to only 31
> D actual 31s 0 const
> D fieldName 64a const varying
options(*nopass:
> *omit)
>
> As a future thought, it would be useful to compare date, time and
> timestamps and UCS data.
>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: Tools/400 <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] "Run RPG Unit Test" prompt?
> Date: Wed, May 9, 2018 1:07 PM
>
> Hi Edmund,
>
> Thank you for your kind words about RPGUnit. I really think that
it is
> worth a try. Thank you for promoting it.
>
> I wished I could debug the problem Justin has. I have no idea
what the
> problem could be, because the plug-in uses the same RPG code as
> RUCALLTST on a 5250 command line. Really annoying.
>
> By the way the plug-in has been moved to SourceForge at:
>
> [1][8]https://sourceforge.net/projects/irpgunit/
>
> Last but not least Mihael Schmidt and I joined out unit test
utilities
> because both utilities came from the same basis.
>
> Thomas.
>
> Am 08.05.2018 um 19:29 schrieb Edmund Reinhardt:
> > Hi Thomas
> > When I set an SEP on SRVPGM that I am using your integrated
RPGUNIT
> action
> > on, it seems to hang. This happens in both Debug or Code
Coverage
> mode.
> > I can certainly send you my trivial example here. (Barbara
and I
> are
> > giving a talk on TDD for COMMON and we will be featuring
your
> RPGUNIT in
> > the talk. Great work, by the way).
> >
> > So where do I find the setting to " Debug: Enforce new
connection"
> > Thanks
> > Edmund
> >
> >
> > ----- Original message -----
> > From: Thomas Raddatz <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxx>
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> > To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development
Studio
> Client
> > for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc:
> > Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] "Run RPG Unit Test" prompt?
> > Date: Tue, May 8, 2018 5:29 AM
> >
> > Justin,
> >
> > I do not have our emails at my hands, because I am in the
office.
> > Therefore I do not know how we ended up. Did we end up
that it is
> > impossible to create a tiny test service program that I
can call
> to
> > debug the problem? Otherwise I would love to debug the
problem.
> >
> > I assume that you could not debug it using a SEP, right?
But did
> you use
> > a second workspace for setting the SEP or did you check
option
> "Debug:
> > Enforce new connection"? What was the problem that you
could not
> debug
> > it.
> >
> > You need to start RDi with a different workspace when
using SEPs
> for
> > debugging RPGUnit _or_ you need to check option "Debug:
Enforce
> new
> > connection".
> >
> > Thomas.
> >
> > -----Urspr**ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: WDSCI-L
[[1][2][9]mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im
> Auftrag von
> > Justin Taylor
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. Mai 2018 22:46
> > An: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development
Studio
> Client
> > for System i & iSeries
> > Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] "Run RPG Unit Test" prompt?
> >
> > I've already worked with the plugin dev, and he gave up on
> finding a
> > fix. I'm just trying to work around it.
> >
> > I decided to check the jobname at the start of the test,
and if
> it's
> > running from RDI just have the troublesome test fail right
off
> the bat.
> > I still can't do that test in RDi, but I can run the
others
> within the
> > *SRVPGM.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Killian [[2][3][10]mailto:kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 3:20 PM
> > To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development
Studio
> Client
> > for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] "Run RPG Unit Test" prompt?
> >
> > Justin,
> >
> > I have been using RPG-UNIT for about 1-year. Still
learning it...
> >
> > But, you might want to check your preferences for
RPG-UNIT.
> >
> > I have this for my preferences:
> > Run order..........................: *API Library
> > List.......................: *CURRENT Reclaim
> > resources..................: *NO Product
> library....................:
> > RPGUNIT
> > Check Test Suite Service Program...: *NONE <-- I do not
use the
> naming
> > standard
> > Enforce new connection (Check-box is CHECKED) Position
editor to
> line of
> > assertion(source must be compiled with option *SRCSTMT)
> >
> > I usually put an S.E.P on my RPG-UNIT test case program.
And it
> pops up
> > in debug. When I check the properties on the job, I can
see what
> job it
> > "spawned off". In my example it did this job: Process ID
> > 094249/QUSER/QZRCSRVS
> >
> > Then I can do the WRKJOB Process ID 094249/QUSER/QZRCSRVS
to look
> at the
> > job-log. To see what the problem.
> >
> > For me, it is usually my library list is wrong, or I am
missing a
> > program in my test environment.
> >
> > Often, I discover that I have record-lock, or one our
data-queues
> is
> > overloaded. It is NOT monitor regularly on our test
system.
> >
> > I learn a lot by looking at the job log.
> >
> > So, I recommend looking at the job log for a start of your
> issues. I
> > often do the Green Screen RPGUNIT command: RUCALLTST. And
see it
> works
> > that way. And then I debug it in RDI and check why it does
not
> run
> > inside of RDI. For me, it is usually the setup of the
> library-list.
> >
> > My library-list ISSUES have almost been 100% eliminated. I
have
> my user
> > profile use a job-description for my library-list. So, my
Green
> Screen
> > and RDI session use the exact same library-list! To me
that is
> the way
> > to do it!
> >
> > Best of luck to you! See what the job log shows you...
> >
> > Oh yeah, don't forget to check the error log too!
> > Alt+Shift+Q, and then "L"=Log
> >
> > -Ken Killian-
> >
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