(It starts getting a communication thread now, no longer a bug track. So I'll reply via email, with CC to the monetdb-developers list.)

Re: The testsuite. I like a small test suite on my machine, so that I can check that tools on my box did nothing unexpected during the build. Its also the best way to see what behavior can be expected to work right out of the box. Are the nightly test scripts available online?

Of course are those test scripts available. Just type `make check'. Be aware, though, that those test cases take their time. Also note that there are currently some tests in that do not work as expected. So you will not get a 100% pass. The `make check' run will print a summary after processing. You will also find a directory that contains the detailed test results marked up with HTML (directory `mTests'). Tests with unexpected outcome are highlighted in red; you will see the diffs between actual and expected outcome. Results of the nightly test runs, btw., are available on the MonetDB TestWeb website: http://monetdb.cwi.nl/Development/TestWeb/index.html.

Re: The usecases. They might be nice just to check cross-implementation consistency. E.g. have the nightly test queries been ran by a different xquery processor?

Most test cases are tested ``by hand'', sometimes by comparing against other implementations. At least in theory, all of them are cross-checked by hand.

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(well, you may redefine a function with same name, but different number of arguments). Wow, I didn't know that. I learn something new everyday.

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