[qmtest] RFE concerning 'Extension' class

[Mark Mitchell]

> So I reply with a question: Do you think it is feasable to migrate
> (at whatever pace is possible for you) from the current convention
> to the one I suggest ?

Excellent question!

I think that migration is going to be hard.

We actually have a not-insignificant body of test classes out there in
the wild at this point.  Things like the Database API are a little less
hard to change, but the basic test class API, including the "arguments"
variable, are going to be tricky to change.

I'm actually hoping that we're getting very close to the point of
completely freezing the API, i.e., of adding new functionality but not
breaking existing code ever again.  I don't (yet!) see your suggested
improvement as providing enough leverage to make it worth breaking
stuff.

If you've got spare cycles that you're willing to donate to QMTest,
working on documentation would be great.  You understand the system well
at this point, and if you wanted to update the parts of the manual that
talk about how to write extension classes, I'd be very honored to review
and comment on them.  I keep meaning to do this myself, but I'm not
getting there very quickly. :-(

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