# \[ANN\] test-loop 5.0.3

**URL:** https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-test-loop-5-0-3/61581
**Category:** ruby-talk
**Created:** [25 January 2011 20:37 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-test-loop-5-0-3/61581 "2011-01-25T20:37:39Z")
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### Author: ![Suraj\_Kurapati2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Suraj\_Kurapati2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Suraj_Kurapati2)
#### Post date: [25 January 2011 20:37 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-test-loop-5-0-3/61581/1 "2011-01-25T20:37:39Z")

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test-loop - Continuous testing for Ruby with fork/eval  
&nbsp;&nbsp;5.0.3 [https://github.com/sunaku/test-loop#readme](https://github.com/sunaku/test-loop#readme)

What is it?

> **···**
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> test-loop is a fast continuous testing tool for Ruby that automatically  
> detects and tests changes in your application in an efficient manner:
> 
> 1. Absorbs the test execution overhead into the main Ruby process.  
> 2. Forks to run your test files without overhead and in parallel.  
> 3. Avoids running unchanged test blocks inside changed test files.
> 
> What is new?  
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> # Version 5.0.3 (2011-01-25)
> 
> \* Use "diff/lcs" library instead of "diff" for RSpec compatibility.
> 
> &nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks to millisami for reporting this bug:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;[https://github.com/sunaku/test-loop/issues/3](https://github.com/sunaku/test-loop/issues/3)
> 
> \* Terminate worker processes when user presses Control-C.
> 
> \* Reabsorb when bundler is run, not when Gemfile changes.
> 
> # Version 5.0.2 (2011-01-19)
> 
> \* Support string interpolations that yield empty strings in test names.
> 
> \* Accept extra characters before test name in test definition:  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;\* Whitespace between `def` and `test_` in traditional test methods.  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;\* Opening parenthesis between test name and test definition keyword.
> 
> \* Mention that diff gem is necessary for manual git clone installation.
> 
> # Version 5.0.1 (2011-01-18)
> 
> \* Sanitize string interpolation in parsed test names.
> 
> \* Remove useless use of #map; result is not reused.
> 
> \* Mention parallelism and revise the introduction.
> 
> \* DRY the mentioning of .test-loop file in README.
> 
> Happy testing!
> 
> --  
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