----- Original Message ---- > From: Erik Osheim <e...@plastic-idolatry..com> > To: perl-qa@perl.org > Sent: Mon, 9 November, 2009 17:15:52 > Subject: Re: Discourage use_ok? > > On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 04:32:18PM +0000, David Cantrell wrote: > > Why not test that the script *works*, not just that it compiles?
Agreed, but it's nice to have a t/00-load.t which bails out if anything (programs or modules) fails to compile. Then individual test programs can exercise them. > That's a good idea. Maybe something like run_ok()? By what does that mean? You generally want to test that for a given set of inputs for a given state, you get a particular set of outputs. run_ok() doesn't really manage any of that. Am I missing something here? (I could very well be). Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6
