On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 01:59:42PM -0500, Noel Maddy wrote:
> >>> "Stevan Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/02/08 11:24 AM
> >>>
> > On Feb 1, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Noel Maddy wrote:
> >
> > > However, I'm used to using Devel::Cover for code coverage,
> > > and it seems to skip code in Moose's attribute default coderefs.
> >
> > Well, it is possible that it is actually checking that code since
> > Devel::Cover hooks into perl at runtime to check code coverage,
> > however it cannot report on it since it cannot match it to the actual
>
> > source. This is a common issue with code generation modules like
> Moose.
>
> Yeah -- but moving the code into a 'builder' method, like Matt
> suggested, takes care of it elegantly -- or should I say moosishly? ;)
For added bonus points, now the full power of method modifiers is available
to help modify the way your defaults work.
I can't say I actually use default any more except for brain-dead simple
stuff like returning an empty arrayref/hashref and similar, which I'm
reasonably happy not testing/covering directly.
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