[webkit-dev] Simplifying syntax in test_expectations.txt (bug 86691)

[Ojan Vafai]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:

> Seems reasonable as the first step except:
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Ojan Vafai <ojan at chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> 6. Use the same character as a separator before and after the test (":").
>>
>
> I counter-propose to drop ":" or any other delimiter altogether.
> Delimiters are the biggest pain points in the current syntax as suggested
> by Benjanmin, Darin, and I.
>
> If we're going to have expectations after test name, then there's no need
> for delimiters other than imposing arbitrary maintenance cost on everyone
> who edits the file.
>

There is clearly not consensus on this. Getting rid of "=" as a delimiter
seemed uncontroversial to me. Note that I explicitly put getting rid of
delimiters in the controversial list.
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