[qmtest] what is a test database ?

[Stefan Seefeld]

Little followup on my own mail...

Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> In what context would I make the tests themselfs persistent ?
> Don't they always reflect the current state of the code (i.e.
> in the repository) ?
> What is the meaning of 'test database' then ?

it may be a good idea to make the compilation of the actual test
be part of the test, especially in the context of C++ and template
instantiations which one might want to test.

So, the persistence is expressed already within the build system,
which contains rules to compile the tests. In that case it might
be a good idea to have a Database implementation that collaborates
with the build system, i.e. a test in a database contains data to

a) build it
b) run it
c) interpret results

Does this make sense ?

Stefan