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Re: Testing C functions using OCUnit
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Re: Testing C functions using OCUnit


  • Subject: Re: Testing C functions using OCUnit
  • From: Timothy Reaves <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:38:25 -0500


On Feb 15, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Martin Redington wrote:

In my projects, I tend to define methods which need access to member
variables as class methods, and related functions, which do not need
"direct" access to any internal object data, as C functions, like the
simple example below.

@implementation FunctionTestAppController

+ (id) sharedController
{
	return [NSApp delegate];
}

- (BOOL) someMethod
{
       // would normally access some ivar.
	return YES;
}

@end


BOOL SomeFunction() { return YES; }



I've recently been implementing unit testing, following
http://developer.apple.com/mac/articles/tools/unittestingwithxcode3.html
- i.e. the main app binary is specified as the bundle loader, and
testing is done via injection of the unit test bundle, with a clear
separation between application and test code.

Everything works fine for objective-C methods, but I get linker errors
when I try and reference any of the C functions defined in my
application code. nm reveals that the symbols are present in the app
binary, but the linker doesn't seem to be able to see them.

Is there a recommended, or even a good way, to get the test code to
link correctly to the applications C functions?


That's really bad OO design. One of the reasons is the one you face now. Testing it. Rewrite them correctly as instance methods, then test.
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