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| author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-11-05 15:55:49 -0500 |
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| committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-11-06 11:56:53 -0500 |
| commit | fa4c6fa9b1139791f45f1495d662c1c7cd2f7ed6 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e3268d8a7072c8c033231c2bb7a782abe2c68c6 /src/test/util/README.md | |
| parent | faec28252cf4f8e754c689a7a44fd421f631db50 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-fa4c6fa9b1139791f45f1495d662c1c7cd2f7ed6.tar.xz | |
doc: Add documentation for new test/lib
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diff --git a/src/test/util/README.md b/src/test/util/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..36ad645201 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/test/util/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Test library + +This contains files for the test library, which is used by the test binaries (unit tests, benchmarks, fuzzers, gui +tests). + +Generally, the files in this folder should be well-separated modules. New code should be added to existing modules or +(when in doubt) a new module should be created. + +The utilities in here are compiled into a library, which does not hold any state. However, the main file `setup_common` +defines the common test setup for all test binaries. The test binaries will handle the global state when they +instantiate the `BasicTestingSetup` (or one of its derived classes). |