PointCloudLibrary / PointCloudLibrary/pcl

Improve PCL testing of PLY file format support

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kind: todo module: io needs: feedback needs: testing
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Description

Things to be tested

  • Locale (. , decimal separators)
  • NaN values (must be case insensitive) and is_dense property, #1433 #1455
  • Mesh support (segmentation faults)
  • Color support (clouds): https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/pull/1443
  • Color support (meshes)
  • Return values (should be uniform across loading clouds/meshes)
  • vertex_index versus vertex_indices (see #968)

Tests already existing in PCL

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing PLY-related tests in test/io/test_io.cpp and test/io/test_ply_mesh_io.cpp. Add coverage for the unchecked locale, NaN/is_dense, and return-value cases, then confirm the remaining checklist items are tested consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer-vision, testing-qa
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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