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1.4 +Integration Tests for ECMAScript Internationalization API
1.5 +=========================================================
1.6 +
1.7 +The tests in this directory test the integration of the ICU library
1.8 +(Internationalization Components for Unicode) into the implementation of the
1.9 +ECMAScript Internationalization API in SpiderMonkey.
1.10 +
1.11 +These integration tests are complementary to:
1.12 +
1.13 +- The Test402 test suite maintained by Ecma TC39, which tests conformance of
1.14 + an implementation to standard ECMA-402, ECMAScript Internationalization API
1.15 + Specification. Test402 is currently maintained as part of Test262, the overall
1.16 + conformance test suite for ECMAScript; for more information, see
1.17 + http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=test262:test262
1.18 +
1.19 +- The test suite of the ICU library, which tests the implementation of ICU
1.20 + itself and correct interpretation of the locale data it obtains from CLDR
1.21 + (Common Locale Data Repository). For information on ICU, see
1.22 + http://site.icu-project.org
1.23 +
1.24 +The integration tests check for a variety of locales and options whether the
1.25 +results are localized in a way that indicates correct integration with ICU.
1.26 +Such tests are somewhat fragile because the underlying locale data reflects
1.27 +real world usage and is therefore subject to change. When the ICU library used
1.28 +by Mozilla is upgraded, it is likely that some of the integration tests will
1.29 +fail because of locale data changes; however, others might fail because of
1.30 +actual software bugs. Failures therefore have to be examined carefully.
