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Re: [PATCH] Support B::Generate and B::C

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From:
Reini Urban
Date:
August 31, 2010 15:23
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] Support B::Generate and B::C
Message ID:
4C7D80E8.8050202@x-ray.at
Florian Ragwitz schrieb:
> Reini Urban<rurban@x-ray.at>  writes:
>> It is already disabled, and most importantly not tested.  I'm trying
>> now to improve test coverage of the API.
>
> The missing tests are quite a problem really. Earlier this month I was
> proposing a patch to make newPADOP private. You spoke up against it,
> claiming that B::Generate actually needed it. After looking at the code,
> it turns out it only needs it to reimplement newGVOP, which is really
> unnecessary.
>
> I'd love to provide a patch removing code, and making it use newGVOP,
> thereby eliminating one reason to not drop newPADOP from the public API,
> but I don't have a way to make sure B::Generate is still working as
> expected, given there are almost no tests :-(

I don't really care for B::Generate as it is no love child of mine.
I never used it. I just want to keep it alive.

If you come with something better I'll use that of course.

Tests: I'm writing those now. Coverage is incredibly low.
-- 
Reini Urban


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