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From:
Philip Newton
Date:
June 3, 2001 06:37
Subject:
Re: on testing
Message ID:
perl.perl5.porters-37785@nntp.perl.org
On 3 Jun 01, at 3:43, Hugo wrote:

> As someone who regularly tries to investigate test failures, the lack
> of test numbers makes life _much_ more difficult.

I can't say that I regularly investigate test failures, but I also get 
annoyed occasionally while trying to track one down if I have to find 
out which of all the unnumbered tests is the 29th.

> The difficulty comes when you want to insert a new test in the logical
> place, which could involve renumbering all the subsequent tests. My
> suggestion for avoiding this is: don't; just add the new test at the
> end.

Sounds workable. To me, at any rate.

> Comments, as always, welcome. :)

I agree with you :)

Cheers,
Philip
-- 
Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>

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