TAP Diagnostics

[Ovid]

--- On Thu, 21/8/08, chromatic <chromatic at wgz.org> wrote:

> If TAP goes any further than saying "Yes, you *can*
> stuff a big wad of custom 
> data in this ganky old potato sack, but it's ugly and
> covered in spiders and 
> there may be a hole in the bottom, so if there's any
> other way, we encourage 
> you to do that", I fear for the safety of my lawn,
> metaphorically speaking.

That's actually all TAP will be doing.  You *can* stuff that big wad of diagnostic data there in a machine-readable format, but there are two overriding concerns:

1.  It's entirely optional.
2.  It must not alter the interpretation of core TAP.

In fact, Schwern may very well add a feature to TB2 to disable the structured diagnostics on demand (I haven't asked him, but people might want that).

But at the end of the day, this is a feature people have been wanting for a long time, even if (for most cases), it's merely a case of "file, line, have, want".

Cheers,
Ovid
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