Testsuites

GCC contains several testsuites to help maintain compiler quality. Most of the runtime libraries and language front ends in GCC have testsuites. Currently only the C language testsuites are documented here;

Todo

document the others

• Idioms Used in Testsuite Code
• Directives used within DejaGnu tests
  • Syntax and Descriptions of test directives
  • Selecting targets to which a test applies
  • Keywords describing target attributes
  • Features for dg-add-options
  • Variants of dg-require-support
  • Commands for use in dg-final
• Ada Language Testsuites
• C Language Testsuites
• Support for testing link-time optimizations
• Support for testing gcov
• Support for testing profile-directed optimizations
• Support for testing binary compatibility
• Support for torture testing using multiple options
• Support for testing GIMPLE passes
• Support for testing RTL passes