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On Man. 21. Jan. 2013 12:50:51, jkeenan wrote: > On Mon Jan 21 08:10:36 2013, rjbs wrote: > > > > Many tests below ./t still generate TAP by "hand", rather than using > > library > > functions. As explained in perlhack/TESTING, tests in ./t are written > > in a > > particular way to test that more complex constructions actually work > > before > > using them routinely. Hence they don't use Test::More, but instead > > there is an > > intentionally simpler library, ./t/test.pl. However, quite a few tests > > in ./t > > have not been refactored to use it. Refactoring any of these tests, > > one at a > > time, is a useful thing TODO. > > > > The subdirectories base, cmd and comp, which contain the most basic > > tests, > > **must** be excluded from this task. > > Also, we have determined that certain tests formerly in t/op use > functionality presumed to work by t/test.pl. A couple of months back, > we moved them to t/opbasic, so they, too, are excluded from this task. > > I would be happy to assist anyone who takes on part of this task with > the associated task of writing of descriptions for tests lacking them -- > something we began at the St Louis Perl Hackathon in November and have > been plugging away at since. > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan > > This is something I would like to help with. --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=116483Thread Previous | Thread Next