What does it return?
uhhh, True?
Is user a monkey?
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Re: Is user a monkey?
#12Doesn't seem to work well, I ran this code on my mom's phone and it returned False. I'll have submit a bug report when I get home...
Re: Is user a monkey?
#13when i was doing Palm OS programming back in the stone age, i remember the simulator had a "monkey testing mode", where it would just generate GUI events randomly. it was actually quite useful for uncovering sporadic crashes. EDIT: ha, i found a reference, they're called Gremlins http://users.jyu.fi/~mweber/teaching/docs/palmos/book/ch10.h...
Calling them Gremlins is actually a reference to the British Royal Air Force in WWII. The airmen would blame 'gremlins' for mechanical issues or even problems during flight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin#Origins Famous children's author Roald Dahl popularized them after he left the RAF to become a writer. If you get a chance, read a biography of Roald Dahl. He truely was the most interesting man in the world.…
I remembered reading his books in my younger ages.
Re: Is user a monkey?
#14Infinite monkey theorem applies too I think...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
Re: Is user a monkey?
#15when i was doing Palm OS programming back in the stone age, i remember the simulator had a "monkey testing mode", where it would just generate GUI events randomly. it was actually quite useful for uncovering sporadic crashes. EDIT: ha, i found a reference, they're called Gremlins http://users.jyu.fi/~mweber/teaching/docs/palmos/book/ch10.h...
That's exactly why this method exists on Android. They have a similar testing tool called Monkey: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/monkey.h...
Doesn't it defeat the testing purpose if you perform a check to take a different code path when the testing tool runs?
Re: Is user a monkey?
#16What does it return?
Re: Is user a monkey?
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's exactly why this method exists on Android. They have a similar testing tool called Monkey: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/monkey.h...
Doesn't it defeat the testing purpose if you perform a check to take a different code path when the testing tool runs?
I'll assume that it's best to put in the check after you've found a bug. Perhaps something that the monkey triggers that isn't very high on your human-customer buglist.
Re: Is user a monkey?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's exactly why this method exists on Android. They have a similar testing tool called Monkey: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/monkey.h...
Doesn't it defeat the testing purpose if you perform a check to take a different code path when the testing tool runs?
I'd imagine there are occasional uses for it. You could use it to start the app with a particular state you wish to test with Monkey, while leaving it usable for human users.
Re: Is user a monkey?
#19More euphonious in a ternary operator than an if clause:
value = isUserAMonkey() ? left : right ;
if (isUserAMonkey()) { ... }
For an if clause, I prefer userIsAMonkey:
if (userIsAMonkey) { ... }
Re: Is user a monkey?
#20I guess this goes up there with Be's is_computer_on_fire()
http://www.tycomsystems.com/beos/BeBook/The%20Kernel%20Kit/S...