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Consider updating the HWIntrinsic test generation code to support an array of input values.

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#12,344 opened on Mar 26, 2019

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Description

Currently the HWIntrinsic tests are generated from a set of templates and corresponding metadata. This works fine for the majority of cases but requires some amount of metadata duplication when you want to run the same test, but with a different set of inputs (such as constant inputs for testing edge cases).

We should consider updating the generation script to support an array of input values so that way the metadata duplication can be reduced when needing to add specific edge-case scenarios.

category:testing theme:hardware-intrinsics skill-level:beginner cost:small

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Research direction
Examine the existing HWIntrinsic test generation templates and metadata to understand how inputs are currently specified, then design an extension to support an array of input values.
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csharp
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testingbackend
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Test
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2
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C#
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