Please add a prefix to test-helper.el to avoid conflicts with 68 other packages

[dajva]

Please add a prefix to test-helper.el to avoid conflicts with 68 other packages

[dajva]

I think you should blame ert-runner.el for this. These files are created automatically by that package. So probably a good idea to report it there. That would not fix the issues with exisiting packages though.

I thought a bit about this when I started using ert-runner but didn't saw it as a prolem since these files shall not be part of any packages on melpa and usually you will only do development on one package at a time. The main use case is also to run the test from command line in a separate emacs session but sure, you can run the tests from inside emacs if you want to as well.

Now, I am not a very experienced elisp programmer so I am probably overseeing some use case that you are thinking of here. I guess switching between development of different packages in the same emacs session could be a problem. Do you see other common scenarios where this is a problem?

[tarsius]

Thanks for the information. Someone else already pointed this out to me, but you provide some additional details. I am now adding this to all these issues:

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I've been informed, that ert-runner automatically loads the test-helper.el file. So you should not rename that file. Instead please see this issue, where I suggest that the (provide 'test-helper) should be dropped instead. Please accept my apologize for opening these issues prematurely.