[LDTP-Dev] [Bug 574127] New: Source of ambiguity

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  LDTP | ldtp | Ver: 1.5.0
           Summary: Source of ambiguity
           Product: LDTP
           Version: 1.5.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: Normal
         Component: ldtp
        AssignedTo: ldtp-maint at gnome.bugs
        ReportedBy: msp at lloedy.com
         QAContact: ldtp-dev at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
Using the command ldtp.selectmenuitem('frm*Anjuta*', 'mnuNew') , I am able to
select the menuitem 'File->New'.
This should not be possible, because it constitutes a 'source of ambiguity' and
ambiguity sources makes programs weak, and complex. Complex to write, complex
to maintain. Prone to failures in cases of environmental changes.

Also the menuitem 'File->New' is not accessible to the user without first
having selected menu 'File'.
In doing so, LDTP is doing something the user couldn't have possibly done.

Steps to reproduce:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from ldtp import *

program_name = 'anjuta'
window_title = 'frm*Anjuta*'

appundertest(program_name)
launchapp(program_name)
waittillguiexist(window_title)
selectmenuitem(window_title, 'mnuNew')

Actual results:
File->New is selected.

Expected results:
LDTP should throw an exception saying that the path to the "objet" is either
inexistent or not fully qualified.

Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:


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