[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Criterion unit tests (#1427)

[Thomas Martitz]

For now, I don't plan to really start Geany, but test functions that don't require a running instance (for sure, some mocking is required). I.e. just linking libgeany and call UUTs directly.

I looked at glib's built-in test framework but I found it's inferior. It requires manual registration, and (AFAIK) doesn't run individual test in a separate, isolated process which makes signal-related tests hard (e.g. the suite breaks if a single test gets a segfault). Criterion offers a broader range of assertion macros, too. It can also run individual tests in parallel for faster execution times, due to the process isolation.

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