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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
June 7, 2001 03:11
Subject:
Re: on testing
Message ID:
20010607111108.I684@blackrider.blackstar.co.uk
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:11:20AM +0200, Roland Giersig wrote:
> just read the p5p summary and would like to jump in with a suggestion
> regarding identifying tests: how about using filename and linenumbers
> to additionally tag a test result, especially a failing one?
Why that's such a good idea, I went back in time and implemented it in
Test, Test::Simple and Test::More months ago! ;)
> Also, I'd strongly recommend to change the behaviour to print the string
> in case of FAILURE only, 'cause that's the case everybody is most
> interested in. Nobody cares in detail which test goes OK, right?
Any particular reason? I don't find it cluttering. Just printing the
test name on success, not the file and line number.
> You could use 'die' semantics here: if the comment string ends
> in "\n", no file/line would be printed. If no comment string is given,
> "test failed at" is printed.
Interesting, but is it useful?
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Michael G. Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
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