I do not understand what you mean by "First of all, use prompt()" --- is that function supplied by some module like "use IO::prompt;" ?
Where can I find documentation for prompt() ? Thanks. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Serguei Trouchelle <s...@railways.dp.ua> wrote: > Chris Mills wrote: > >> I uploaded my first module today (WWW-Compete-0.01) and I see that some >> tests are failing. I believe that's because a Compete API key is required >> before the tests can be successfully executed. There's a point in one of >> the tests where the user is asked to input an API key, but I understand >> that's not very helpful for automated testing. >> >> I'd like to fix this. Can you provide any suggestions for handling this >> scenario, or perhaps point me to a module that handles this in what you >> would consider a well done way? > > First of all, use prompt(), because direct reading from STDIN hangs smokers, > and you may find your module in disabled.yml, which is not very helpful for > you either. > > Then, skip all tests when no key is given. > > -- > Serguei Trouchelle >
