Nico Brailovsky's thought repository

So, after learning how to use makefiles, then how to use makefiles for TDD and for code coverage report, now you need to annoy your whole team with a talking makefile. What could be better to notify everyone on your team when a test fails than a synthesized voice commanding you to fix your program?

test: $(TEST_SRCS)
    @for TEST in $(TEST_BINS); do
        make "$$TEST";
        echo "Execute $(TEST)";
        if ! ./$$TEST; then
            echo "Oh noes! I detected a failed test from $$TEST. Go and fix your program!" | festival --tts ;
    done

Try it. You'll love it.

Bonus chatter: when Valgrind detects over $MUCHOS errors it'll print "Too many errors detected. Go and fix your program", then it won't print so much detail in the next backtraces.