resultisok

Resultisok is a term used in software testing and data validation to indicate that a computed result meets predefined criteria. It functions as a lightweight signal in automated pipelines, where test runners and data validators report outcomes as OK or not OK according to rules defined by the user.

Origin and usage: The phrase is derived from plain-language conventions—“result is OK”—and has circulated informally in programming and data science communities. It is not part of a formal standard, but appears in test reports, documentation, and lightweight assertion libraries as a concise success label.

Concept and features: A resultisok check typically supports numeric tolerance (absolute or relative error), exact string matching, and equality of complex, nested structures. It may also handle missing values, NaNs, and special cases as specified. Implementations are often language-agnostic, with adapters for popular languages, and are designed to be composable within unit tests, data validation workflows, and CI pipelines.

Implementation context and limitations: Because there is no universal specification, the exact semantics of what constitutes OK can vary between projects. Resultisok is thus best understood as a convention for concise success signaling rather than a formal standard; reliability depends on clearly defined rules, test data, and reporting formats.

See also: data validation, test assertion, result verification, equivalence checking.