JuliaDiff / JuliaDiff/DifferentiationInterface.jl
More readable test errors
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
test
- Dominant language
- Julia
- Stars
- 313
- Forks
- 35
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
At the moment, due to the @eval generation of testing code in DIT, the errors are not very informative. We should probably add some kind of explanatory message with each one.
See this comment by @ExpandingMan.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked comment from pull request 471 and inspect the @eval-generated testing code in DIT. The work is complete when the generated test errors include explanatory messages that make their causes more informative.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100