On May 23, 2006, at 10:34 AM, David Golden wrote:
Chris Dolan wrote:
... just checking for the presence of a t/pod_coverage.t file
(which is a weak proxy for POD quality, but dramatically easier to
measure).
It doesn't check for the existence of a t/pod_coverage.t file. It
checks that a string like "use Test::Pod::Coverage" appears
properly formatted. E.g. I believe this is sufficient to get the
Kwalitee point:
# t/pod_coverage.t
__END__
use Test::Pod::Coverage;
And, unfortunately, it also misses actual perl that doesn't meet
its regex expectations. (E.g. see the bug I recently filed for
Module::ExtractUse.)
Point taken, apologies for the inaccuracy. However, that supports my
argument that pod_coverage is a weak proxy. I say it's much better
than nothing, but still weak and the brittleness documented above
makes it weaker.
Actually, I'd rather see a robust pod_coverage that just checks for
the existence of t/.*pod_coverage.t than a slightly brittle that
parses that file. That is, I'd rather see false positives than false
negatives. To put it another way, I'll tolerate cheaters to avoid
annoying the well-intentioned authors.
Chris
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