Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is it ok for a CPAN module to use other modules from CPAN only for the >> test scripts (e.g. "Text::Diff")? > > Yes. See http://phalanx.kwiki.org/index.cgi?StandardDotTFiles for > examples of .t files that only run if a certain module is installed.
Hmm. I don't think that's the problem Steffen has in mind. The indicated approach works fine for additional tests, but what if your primary functionality tests require some huge, ugly, non-standard modules? Or would be much easier to implement with these modules? I've been in a similar situation with some of my modules that require a big amount of test data for verification. While the module package was some 30Kb, including the test data would increase the size to megabytes. -- Johan
