typelevel / typelevel/scalacheck
Generators library
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Description
It would be great if there was a library of reusable Generators / Arbitrary instances.
Over time we have noticed a certain set of generators that are project-independent and come in handy in when reused in various software projects. Just to give an idea what these include:
- collections: short lists (pot. empty / non-empty), small sets (pot. empty / non-empty), (small) maps (pot. empty / non-empty), lists of distinct elements
- numeric: positive / negative ints / longs / BigIntegers
- date / datetime / locales
- strings: no control chars, alpha (numeric) chars
- file system: file paths (relative + absolute)
- networking: HTTP / FTP / ... URIs / URLs (with / without credentials, ...)
I wonder if there's any interest in adding these to scalacheck (probably as a separate artifact, e.g. scalacheck-generators)? I could contribute such an initial set of generators.
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
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the ScalaCheck project structure and its existing Generators and Arbitrary instances, then define the scope of a reusable library or separate scalacheck-generators artifact. Done would mean an agreed initial set of project-independent generators and a clear integration or packaging plan.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100