[LLVMdev] [Proposal] GSoC 2008 project proposal for improving the llvm-test testsuite

[Rajika Kumarasiri]

hi,
Thanks for the input, I'll do the necessary arrangements.
Regards,
Rajika

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Duncan Sands <baldrick at free.fr> wrote:

> Hi, sounds like a nice project.  Some comments below.
>
> > *1. Project title:*
> > Extend the llvm-test testsuite to include new programs and
> benchmaraks[1],
>
> benchmaraks -> benchmarks
>
> > and give a web service interface to run a test build remotely.
>
> Also, this is not a title, it is a summary.  How about calling it:
> "Improve the llvm testsuite"
>
> > *2. Abstract:*
> > LLVM[2] is a collection of  libraries and header files of a virtual
> machine
> > and  has a GCC-front end in which C/C++ programs can be compiled into
> LLVM
> > bitcode.
>
> How about: LLVM[2] is a set of libraries and tools for code optimization,
> including a a virtual machine and a GCC-front end capable of compiling
> C, C++, ObjectiveC, Ada and Fortran programs.
>
> > The aim of this project is to improve the testsuite[3] of LLVM, which is
> an
>
> improve the testsuite[3] of LLVM -> improve the LLVM testsuite[3]
>
> > extremely useful task.
>
> In general it is a bad idea to make this kind of unsupported claim: saying
> that something is "extremely useful" without explaining *why* it is
> extremely
> useful.  You would do better to say:  This would be extremely useful
> because
> X, Y and Z.
>
> > So the tesuite of the llvm is extended by including
> > this new programs and benchmarks[1].
>
> -> Firstly, by expanding the coverage of the testsuite by adding new
> programs
> and benchmarks[1].
>
> At this point I had to go and do something else - I may be able to comment
> more
> later.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Duncan.
>



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