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README.md

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### Automated Testing
Developers are strongly encouraged to write unit tests for new code, and to
Developers are strongly encouraged to write [unit tests](/doc/unit-tests.md) for new code, and to
submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run
(assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check`

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- *Rationale*: RPC allows for better automatic testing. The test suite for
the GUI is very limited
- Make sure pulls pass Travis CI before merging
- Make sure pull requests pass Travis CI before merging
- *Rationale*: Makes sure that they pass thorough testing, and that the tester will keep passing
on the master branch. Otherwise all new pull requests will start failing the tests, resulting in
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Wallet
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- Make sure that that no crashes happen with run-time option `-disablewallet`.
- Make sure that no crashes happen with run-time option `-disablewallet`.
- *Rationale*: In RPC code that conditionally use the wallet (such as
- *Rationale*: In RPC code that conditionally uses the wallet (such as
`validateaddress`) it is easy to forget that global pointer `pwalletMain`
can be NULL. See `qa/rpc-tests/disablewallet.py` for functional tests
exercising the API with `-disablewallet`
@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ General C++ @@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ General C++
with assertions disabled, having side-effects in assertions is unexpected and
makes the code harder to understand
- If you use the .h, you must link the .cpp
- If you use the `.h`, you must link the `.cpp`
- *Rationale*: Include files are the interface for the implementation file. Including one but
- *Rationale*: Include files define the interface for the code in implementation files. Including one but
not linking the other is confusing. Please avoid that. Moving functions from
the `.h` to the `.cpp` should not result in build errors
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C++ data structures
--------------------
- Never use the std::map [] syntax when reading from a map, but instead use .find()
- Never use the `std::map []` syntax when reading from a map, but instead use `.find()`
- *Rationale*: [] does an insert (of the default element) if the item doesn't
- *Rationale*: `[]` does an insert (of the default element) if the item doesn't
exist in the map yet. This has resulted in memory leaks in the past, as well as
race conditions (expecting read-read behavior). Using [] is fine for *writing* to a map
race conditions (expecting read-read behavior). Using `[]` is fine for *writing* to a map
- Do not compare an iterator from one data structure with an iterator of
another data structure (even if of the same type)
@ -304,18 +304,18 @@ C++ data structures @@ -304,18 +304,18 @@ C++ data structures
Strings and formatting
------------------------
- Be careful of LogPrint versus LogPrintf. LogPrint takes a 'category' argument, LogPrintf does not.
- Be careful of `LogPrint` versus `LogPrintf`. `LogPrint` takes a `category` argument, `LogPrintf` does not.
- *Rationale*: Confusion of these can result in runtime exceptions due to
formatting mismatch, and it is easy to get wrong because of subtly similar naming
- Use std::string, avoid C string manipulation functions
- Use `std::string`, avoid C string manipulation functions
- *Rationale*: C++ string handling is marginally safer, less scope for
buffer overflows and surprises with \0 characters. Also some C string manipulations
buffer overflows and surprises with `\0` characters. Also some C string manipulations
tend to act differently depending on platform, or even the user locale
- Use ParseInt32, ParseInt64, ParseDouble from `utilstrencodings.h` for number parsing
- Use `ParseInt32`, `ParseInt64`, `ParseDouble` from `utilstrencodings.h` for number parsing
- *Rationale*: These functions do overflow checking, and avoid pesky locale issues

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doc/unit-tests.md

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Compiling/running unit tests
------------------------------------
Unit tests will be automatically compiled if dependencies were met in configure
Unit tests will be automatically compiled if dependencies were met in `./configure`
and tests weren't explicitly disabled.
After configuring, they can be run with 'make check'.
After configuring, they can be run with `make check`.
To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch src/test/test_bitcoin .
To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`.
To add more bitcoind tests, add `BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE` functions to the existing
.cpp files in the test/ directory or add new .cpp files that
.cpp files in the `test/` directory or add new .cpp files that
implement new BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE sections.
To run the bitcoin-qt tests manually, launch src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt
To run the bitcoin-qt tests manually, launch `src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt`
To add more bitcoin-qt tests, add them to the `src/qt/test/` directory and
the `src/qt/test/test_main.cpp` file.

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