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[perl #120854] dist/Data-Dumper/t/dumper.t: Add descriptions to tests lacking them

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James E Keenan via RT
Date:
December 24, 2013 15:44
Subject:
[perl #120854] dist/Data-Dumper/t/dumper.t: Add descriptions to tests lacking them
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rt-4.0.18-29603-1387899860-853.120854-15-0@perl.org
On Tue Dec 24 07:35:18 2013, demerphq wrote:
> On 24 December 2013 03:53, James E Keenan <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> > # New Ticket Created by  James E Keenan
> > # Please include the string:  [perl #120854]
> > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
> > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120854 >
> >
> >
> > When I started to look at
> > https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120851 tonight, I was
> > shocked, shocked to discover that the vast majority of tests in the most
> > important test file for Data-Dumper lacked descriptions (names).
> 
> Dont forget how old DD is. :-)
> 

Well, the reason *I* was shocked was that it was just about a year ago that I was adding tests to boost DD's test coverage -- so I thought I was well acquainted with its test suite!  But I guess the antiquity of the code in dumper.t scared me off from working on that particular file at that time.

Jim Keenan

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