On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:31:22AM -0400, Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > If the functionality in test.pl (that does not currently > exist in other module) could be duplicated elsewhere using a > Test::Builder-based module, would there be a reason then to > maintain test.pl? Would it be better then to eliminate > test.pl entirely?
No, it should stay. It intentionally doesn't use packages internally, and (at least) some other constructions. (specifically ++. Although a quick skim suggests that some use of -> for method calls has slipped in, with File::Spec and Config, in which_perl(), fresh_perl* and the isa/can tests) Nicholas Clark
