Re: Test::Cmd -- Recommended?
Ian Langworth wrote: On 7/8/05, James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One other curiosum: As a result of my Phalanx work, I've gotten in the habit of using File::Temp to create 'anonymous' directories and files in which to conduct testing. This is one of the many features of Test::Cmd, which I a was about to recommend. However, I remember being discouraged from using it, but I'm not sure from where or whom. Does anyone use Test::Cmd? Are there features in it that you like? Is it overcomplicated? Should it be updated to use Test::Builder? Do these pants make my butt look big? I use it daily (well, tests that I've written using it get run daily, which is almost the same thing). I quite like it, it certainly let me get the job done. Looking through it now I think it might benefit from being pared down a little. The match* and diff* methods could probably be removed in favour of functionality in Test::More or Test::Diff, and merging in the functionality from Test::Expect would probably be useful. N
Re: Test::Cmd -- Recommended?
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:56:36PM -0400, Ian Langworth wrote: > This is one of the many features of Test::Cmd, which I a was about to > recommend. However, I remember being discouraged from using it, but > I'm not sure from where or whom. > > Does anyone use Test::Cmd? Are there features in it that you like? Is > it overcomplicated? Should it be updated to use Test::Builder? I don't think Test::Cmd actually does any testing. Looking at the docs it seems you have to pass the results to one testing library or another. Its just a bunch of helpful utilities for running external programs and trapping the output, something which is very useful. I think what it really needs more than anything is a documentation overhaul. The SYNOPSIS is a daunting list of methods. The first few vital pages of the docs are used to describe using Test::Cmd with various testing systems instead of talking about Test::Cmd. And then you get a big list of methods. Steven Knight hasn't published anything to CPAN since Sep 2001. Someone should take this module over. > Do these pants make my butt look big? No, but that sweater is rediculous. -- Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~schwern 'All anyone gets in a mirror is themselves,' she said. 'But what you gets in a good gumbo is everything.' -- "Witches Abroad" by Terry Prachett
Test::Cmd -- Recommended?
On 7/8/05, James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One other curiosum: As a result of my Phalanx work, I've gotten in the > habit of using File::Temp to create 'anonymous' directories and files in > which to conduct testing. This is one of the many features of Test::Cmd, which I a was about to recommend. However, I remember being discouraged from using it, but I'm not sure from where or whom. Does anyone use Test::Cmd? Are there features in it that you like? Is it overcomplicated? Should it be updated to use Test::Builder? Do these pants make my butt look big? -- Ian Langworth
