Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-30 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Michael G Schwern # on Sunday 30 October 2011 20:30: >The current Test::Builder implementation is a mess and its design > cannot go forward.  They have to be gotten just right to ensure that > not just nested TAP is supported, but nesting in other formats.  Or > if those formats don't have

Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-30 Thread Michael G Schwern
On 2011.10.30 7:21 PM, David Golden wrote: > I haven't followed the T::B 2 work closely enough, so could I ask you > to please step back and explain the benefits of T::B 1.5 that is worth > stepping backwards in terms of capabilities? What I mean is that we > have TAP::Harness now that processes s

Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-30 Thread David Golden
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > On 2011.10.30 2:58 AM, Adrian Howard wrote: >> I prefer the current subtests system for a few reasons: >> >> * With the new system I would have to re-write TAP streams from other sources >> to match the numbering system of the current str

Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-30 Thread Michael G Schwern
On 2011.10.30 2:58 AM, Adrian Howard wrote: > I prefer the current subtests system for a few reasons: > > * With the new system I would have to re-write TAP streams from other sources > to match the numbering system of the current stream. This makes more work for > folk who are pulling in TAP stre

Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-30 Thread Adrian Howard
Hiya, On 29 Oct 2011, at 10:20, Michael G Schwern wrote: > On 2011.10.29 1:51 AM, Adrian Howard wrote: >> On 29 Oct 2011, at 09:18, Michael G Schwern wrote: >> [snip] >>> Do you find *blocks with their own name and plan* convenient, or subtests >>> which have their own separate test state (as cu