On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:49:46PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 12:16:53AM +0100, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I also had thoughts along the lines of all tests not being equal. > > Generally the earlier a test is run, the more important it is. > > This isn't necessarily true. > > Test::Class, for example, runs tests in alphabetical order ...
Well, yes, I think this is true for most (all?) of Perl's core and CPAN modules, but a developer is free to impose an order by playing with the names of the tests, similar to the way things work with rc scripts. Maybe I should have said that tests for basic functionality should probably be run before tests for more advanced functionality, as happens in the perl core. Fortunately, "basic" comes fairly early in the alphabet :-) -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net
