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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point.  I have only used the Java one (which I guess is the original?).

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 20 Jan 2021, at 21:18, Sylwester Kocjan <s.kocjan@xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Did you use https://github.com/tpounds/mockitopp <https://github.com/tpounds/mockitopp> or that one for Java https://github.com/mockito/mockito <https://github.com/mockito/mockito> ?
> Mockitopp has it's last code update about ~1,5 year ago, so it looks it has the same downside as HippoMocks.
> There is also Mockpp, also not actively developed: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mockpp/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/mockpp/>
> 
> BR,
> SK
> Dnia 17 stycznia 2021 16:45 Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
> 
> I’ve used Mockito.  Can’t say I remember a thing about it, though (which could be good?).
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
> 
>> On 17 Jan 2021, at 14:49, Sylwester Kocjan < <mailto:s.kocjan@xxxxx>s.kocjan@xxxxx <mailto:s.kocjan@xxxxx>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> On 17/01/2021 09:47, Alex wrote:
>> > ...GTest, Doctest and Catch2, (...) they'll all get the job done
>> 
>> They are all testing frameworks without mocking capability. We have already Boost.Test based tests and I find it unnecessary effort to migrate them, and alone
>> they don't solve the problem. 
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/01/2021 09:47, Alex wrote:
>> > I wasn't aware that GMock could operate separately from GTest, but if it can, that's pretty neat.
>> 
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 12:15 AM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > You can also use gmock separately from gtest.
>> 
>> Since some time gmock is a part of gtest. Any search results in the topic of gmock with another testing frameworks are quite old. I think there is a risk that it will not work. 
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/01/2021 09:47, Alex wrote:
>> > Catch is a single header
>> 
>> I was instructed to avoid introducing new dependencies, hence my initial choice of single-header HippoMocks:
>> 
>> https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4446#note_445185505 <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4446#note_445185505>
>> 
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 6:47 AM Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > The downside of HippoMocks from what I can gather is that the project appears abandoned. 
>> 
>> Sadly, this is true. There are also other choices, but I don't have any hands-on experience with them and I don't know which one to choose:
>> - http://turtle.sourceforge.net/ <http://turtle.sourceforge.net/>
>> - https://github.com/tpounds/mockitopp <https://github.com/tpounds/mockitopp>
>> - https://github.com/rollbear/trompeloeil <https://github.com/rollbear/trompeloeil>
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Sylwester
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/01/2021 09:47, Alex wrote:
>>> I've used GTest, Doctest and Catch2, and they'll all get the job done; Doctest is definitely the fastest to compile, but also has the least of features; Catch and GTest have the most features.
>>> 
>>> I wasn't aware that GMock could operate separately from GTest, but if it can, that's pretty neat.
>>> 
>>> I believe Doctest and Catch both are single header - I know at least Catch is a single header; but I think it makes sense to use a git submodule in this case.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 12:15 AM Andrew Lutsenko < <mailto:anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> I would also suggest to look towards gtest/gmock. 
>>> It's widely adopted, works with cmake out of the box, has integrations with popular IDEs and a good choice of supporting tools like parallelized runners, GUI inspectors etc.
>>> You can also use gmock separately from gtest.
>>> 
>>> Andrew
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 6:47 AM Seth Hillbrand < <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> Hi Sylwester-
>>> 
>>> I haven't used HippoMocks but in general, adding QA tests is always welcome as long as they run as expected under the Fedora docker we use for online QA with GitLab.
>>> 
>>> The downside of HippoMocks from what I can gather is that the project appears abandoned.  If I'm incorrect here, can you link to the current repository/documentation?
>>> 
>>> Thanks-
>>> Seth
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 2:49 PM Sylwester Kocjan < <mailto:s.kocjan@xxxxx>s.kocjan@xxxxx <mailto:s.kocjan@xxxxx>> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I have two questions regarding QA code for KiCad and I'd like to ask for your comments about them:
>>> 
>>> 1. I reviewed contents of qa directory in KiCad repo and I saw some issues that can be fixed.
>>>    Could you please take a look at the summary and let me know if they are valid:
>>> 
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14QAy9rRIHqRr4YuXfQO2GicURAG1BgJmwKe7B1H6xXI/edit#gid=326687467 <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14QAy9rRIHqRr4YuXfQO2GicURAG1BgJmwKe7B1H6xXI/edit#gid=326687467>
>>> 
>>> 2. What do you think about adding mocking library to the KiCad code? I found that PGM object is mocked few times
>>> 
>>>    https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4446#note_342766728 <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4446#note_342766728>
>>>   
>>>    A libary for creating mocks would simplify creting the tests. In this MR and commit:
>>>   
>>>    https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/542 <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/542>
>>>    https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/542/diffs?commit_id=b7b401d7128057831c049a723ffc895453d65a0e <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/542/diffs?commit_id=b7b401d7128057831c049a723ffc895453d65a0e>
>>>   
>>>    there is added HippoMocks, a single-header mocking tool and it does it's job.
>>>    If that's ok, it could help to get rid of these duplicated mocks (maybe even hand-written mocks at all).
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Sylwester
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