On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 04:50:28PM +0530, Padubidri Nagaraja Rao, Guruprasad (Guruprasad)** CTR ** wrote:
> Hi, > > I've few perl scripts called from C++ programs. I wanted to do code coverage > for > those scripts and i am using Devel::Cover module. Since the existing C++ > programs are huge and takes lot of time to compile, I don't want to change > the existing C++ code to build those scripts with coverage. For example, i > don't want the following changes to be done inside a C++ program. > > perl -MDevel::Cover <script name with arguments> > > Is it possible to change the perl script itself in such a way that it can > give > code coverage metrics along with normal execution. I tried to include > Devel::Cover module inside the perl script (use Devel::Cover) and executed. > It didn't give any metrics and just printed 'n/a' against all the > coverages (statement, branch, sub, cond, time, total). > > How to handle this scenario? > > One more thing to add. if it is possible to do it inside the perl script > then > Is it possible to read some ENV variable and decide on whether to include > coverage or not. I am just trying to add some flexibility so that > i don't get the coverage everytime it is executed and i only want it when i > am > running the unit test cases of C++ programs. It is unclear to me whether you are embedding a perl interpreter in your program, or just calling perl from within the program. In either case, you should be able to control the collection of coverage data by setting PERL5OPT. $ PERL5OPT=-MDevel::Cover your_prog This will not work, however, if you have embedded perl and pass in a modified environment which changes that variable. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net
