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Revise ext/standard/tests/file test suite

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Category: Tests Extension: standard Feature Status: Needs Triage
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Description

Description

Occasionally, there are still test conflicts, and a couple of tests are marked as obscure_filename conflicting. Furthermore, some of the tests do not necessarily clean up properly after execution (they unlink some created files during test execution only). Also, some tests appear to have POSIX and Windows variants, although that doesn't seem to be necessary. See e.g. #16722 and #16854.

Ideally, all tests should only create and delete files which either have the same base name as the test case, or are placed in a directory with the base name of the test case. Since this may lead to overlong paths, we may need to take some shortcuts there (possibly using shorter test case names).

In any way, this test suite should be cleaned up/improved.

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Research direction

Review ext/standard/tests/file and the related examples in #16722 and #16854 first. Inventory the conflicts, obscure_filename markings, cleanup behavior, and POSIX/Windows variants; done means the suite consistently isolates its files or directories and removes created files without unnecessary variants.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
testing-qa
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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