On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 02:58:56PM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Dynaloader has a good sized documented interface which isn't
> necessarily exercised by the core modules.  Test that.

Remember to test DynaLoader with miniperl, though, otherwise you are
cheating.  And not fair testing dynaloading unless $Config{usedl},
either.

> Its also nice to know something a little more organized than
> "something exploded when I tried to build Perl".  And when hacking on
> DynaLoader, its easier to run a fast test suite than to rebuild Perl
> every time you want to check if you broke something leaving the
> ultimate rebuild check to the end.

I assure you that if Dynaloader is busted you are not going to
rebuild Perl any further than miniperl.

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