<div dir="ltr"><div>To be exact, the syntax is Gherkin not cucumber.</div><div><a href="https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/wiki/Gherkin">https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/wiki/Gherkin</a></div><div><br></div><div>And, there's already a library to run specs written in Gherkin.</div>
<div><a href="https://github.com/marcotmarcot/chuchu">https://github.com/marcotmarcot/chuchu</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Edward Z. Yang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ezyang@mit.edu" target="_blank">ezyang@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">This is completely irrelevant, but the .chs extension is<br>
already taken by the c2hs tool.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Edward<br>
<br>
Excerpts from Niklas Hambüchen's message of Tue Sep 10 00:30:<a href="tel:41%20-0700%202013" value="+14107002013">41 -0700 2013</a>:<br>
<div class=""><div class="h5">> Impressed by the productivity of my Ruby-writing friends, I have<br>
> recently come across Cucumber: <a href="http://cukes.info" target="_blank">http://cukes.info</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> It is a great tool for specifying tests and programs in natural<br>
> language, and especially easy to learn for beginners.<br>
><br>
> I propose that we add a Cucumber syntax for Haskell, with the extension<br>
> ".chs", next to .hs and .lhs.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Code written in cucumber syntax is concise and easy to read: You can<br>
> find some example code in <a href="https://gist.github.com/nh2/6505995" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/nh2/6505995</a>. Quoting<br>
> from that:<br>
><br>
> Feature: The Data.List module<br>
><br>
> In order to be able to use lists<br>
> As a programmer<br>
> I want a module that defines list functions<br>
><br>
> Scenario: Defining the function foldl<br>
> Given I want do define foldl<br>
> Which has the type (in brackets) a to b to a (end of brackets),<br>
> to a, to list of b, to a<br>
> And my arguments are called f, acc, and l<br>
> When l is empty<br>
> Then the result better be acc<br>
> Otherwise l is x cons xs<br>
> Then the result should be foldl f (in brackets) f acc x<br>
> (end of brackets) xs<br>
><br>
><br>
> PS: People even already started a testing framework for Haskell in it:<br>
> <a href="https://github.com/sol/cucumber-haskell#cucumber-for-haskell" target="_blank">https://github.com/sol/cucumber-haskell#cucumber-for-haskell</a><br>
><br>
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