[webkit-dev] platform-specific differences in test case inputs

[Oliver Hunt]

It isn't, it's never been a concern as our serialisation format is simple enough to be hard to break.  That said tests would be fine, i'm just not sure how you would do them nicely.

--Oliver

On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Alec Flett <alecflett at chromium.org> wrote:

> So this thread kinda died. Anyone have any suggestions? Where is JSC's SerializedScriptValue consistency tested? 
> 
> Alec
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Alec Flett <alecflett at chromium.org> wrote:
> Sorry I totally left out the "I expose this through Internals" - and adam has explained the rationale
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Oliver Hunt <oliver at apple.com> wrote:
> What exactly are you trying to test here?  The internal serialisation format isn't exposed anywhere (nor should it be).
> 
> By definition newer formats won't be backwards compatible, or are you trying to ensure that newer deserialisers will be able to continue to deserialise old content?
> 
> exactly.
> 
> Where does JSC test this? I'm happy to follow whatever pattern is already established.
> 
> Alec
> 
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