On 16 Oct 2022, at 1:58, Russell Sim wrote:
Mirko Vukovic mirko.vukovic@gmail.com writes:
somewhat off-topic to the original question:
Can :static-file be used for files part of unit tests? Such as unit tests for log-parsers.
My understanding is that :static-file components are used to specify any non-lisp file dependencies of the system. The lisp parts of the unit tests should use :file declarations.
I have used them for things like, css, graphics, test fixtures, templates etc, pretty much any file that I know the system depends on, that aren't common lisp files.
That is correct. I would expect test definitions, and even fixture code, would go in normal `:file` components (but only for a test system, not for the system under test). Test *data*, though (e.g., XML documents for XMLS) would be static files.