[gdal-dev] Running Tests

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 26 September 2017 at 14:28, Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> P.S. - It seems strange to use python as a CI interface to a C/C++ library.
> Is there a reason the test harness isn't in C/C++?

Historical.
Python was obvious choice as simple platform.
Python kills two targets (three) at the same time: Python API and C/C++API

Decade ago I realised limitations of Python-only tests and started
scratching basic C++ tests suite
https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/10613/

It's still there and its fairly convenient to use, if you need to
run/test/debug GDAL at C/C++ level.

Best regards,
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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net