Re: Task: Write a TAP v12 formatter for Test::Builder1.5

[James E Keenan]

On 11/16/11 2:15 AM, Michael G Schwern wrote:


That's the task.  Write a TAP version 12 formatter.


Should we proceed on the assumption that this specifies v12?

http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/TAP_specification

... and that this specifies v13?

http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/TAP_version_13_specification


Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

Re: Task: Write a TAP v12 formatter for Test::Builder1.5

[Michael G Schwern]

On 2011.11.16 4:19 PM, James E Keenan wrote:
 Should we proceed on the assumption that this specifies v12?
 
 http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/TAP_specification
 
 ... and that this specifies v13?
 
 http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/TAP_version_13_specification

No, not for our purposes.  YAML diagnostics are not implemented.

I thought about it some more, and the v12/v13 split isn't what we're really
going for here.  Rather than calling it the v12 formatter, it should more
properly be called the legacy or TB1 formatter.  It's not so much about
producing TAP v12 as it is replicating what Test::Builder currently outputs.

I can break the issue into two parts.

Write a v12 TAP formatter (really v12 this time).  This will serve as an easy
way to split the formatter into extensible pieces, as all the code currently
lies in TAP::v13.  This is really straightforward.
https://github.com/schwern/test-more/issues/219

Write the legacy formatter as a subclass of TAP::v12.  This mostly involves
putting the strings TAP uses into attributes and making a subclass of TAP::v12
which changes those defaults.
https://github.com/schwern/test-more/issues/215


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