I've posted a trimmed down version of the custom 'Test::More' we use here: http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/35363
I can't recall who was asking about this, but you can now do this: use Our::Test::More 'no_plan', 'fail'; If 'fail' is included in the import list, the test program will die immediately after the first failure. VERY HANDY at times. Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Perl and CGI - http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/ Personal blog - http://publius-ovidius.livejournal.com/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/