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Testing Naughty String Collections in big-list-of-naughty-strings

This test suite validates the integrity and handling of potentially problematic string inputs in the big-list-of-naughty-strings repository. It focuses on testing both Base64 encoded and unencoded string collections to ensure proper string handling and validation.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite provides comprehensive coverage for validating collections of problematic strings, known as ‘naughty strings’. It tests both Base64 encoded and unencoded string arrays, ensuring non-empty collections and proper data structure integrity.

Validates Base64Encoded() string collection
Tests Unencoded() string collection
Verifies non-zero length requirements
Handles multiple string array iterations

Implementation Analysis

The implementation utilizes Go’s native testing framework with a table-driven testing approach. The test function employs a range-based iteration over multiple string collections, combining both Base64 and unencoded data sets into a single test case structure.

Table-driven test pattern implementation
Logging functionality for test case visibility
Error reporting for validation failures
Concurrent test execution support

Technical Details

Testing Framework: Go testing package
Test Runner: go test command
Logging: t.Logf for test case tracking
Error Handling: t.Error for failure reporting
Data Structures: Slice of string slices

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test implementation showcases several Go testing best practices, including efficient test organization and clear error reporting. It demonstrates proper use of Go’s testing package features while maintaining clean and maintainable code.

Consistent error messaging
Efficient test case organization
Clear test case logging
Modular test structure

minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

naughtystrings/naughtystrings_test.go

            
package naughtystrings

import "testing"

func TestNaughtyStrings(t *testing.T) {
	for _, test := range [][]string{Base64Encoded(), Unencoded()} {
		t.Logf("Test: %v", test)

		if n := len(test); n == 0 {
			t.Error("Length: 0")
		}
	}
}