On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 13:57 -0400, pmkellly(a)frontier.com wrote:
> It's not about interpretation or not, it's just about a
preference for
> this:
>
> Test Steps
> ----------
>
> 1. Step 1
> 2. Step 2
> 3. Step 3
>
> Expected Results
> ----------------
>
> 1. Expected result 1
> 2. Expected result 2
> 3. Expected result 3
>
> versus this:
>
> Test Steps and Expected Results
> -------------------------------
>
> 1. Step 1
> 2. Expected result 1
> 3. Step 2
> 4. Expected result 2
> 5. Step 3
> 6. Expected result 3
>
> Our current template really only handles the first style, if you want
> to do the second style you have to do some kind of 'hack' like kparal
> did. I'm just saying if the second style is clearly better for some
> test, we should probably add an alternative template or tweak the
> existing template to have a 'mode' which works better for that style.
>
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I think the second format would serve us
best.
1. Step 1
2. Expected result 1
3. Step 2
4. Expected result 2
This makes the test case easier to read with lower chance of confusion.
I think there are cases where each works better, there's no harm in
supporting both.
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