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# The LLVM libc unit test framework
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This directory contains a lightweight implementation of a
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[gtest](https://github.com/google/googletest) like unit test framework for LLVM
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libc.
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## Why not gtest?
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While gtest is great, featureful and time tested, it uses the C and C++
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standard libraries. Hence, using it to test LLVM libc (which is also an
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implementation of the C standard libraries) causes various kinds of
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mixup/conflict problems.
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## How is it different from gtest?
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LLVM libc's unit test framework is much less featureful as compared to gtest.
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But, what is available strives to be exactly like gtest.
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## Will it be made as featureful as gtest in future?
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It is not clear if LLVM libc needs/will need every feature of gtest. We only
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intend to extend it on an _as needed_ basis. Hence, it might never be as
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featureful as gtest.
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