TAP and STDERR

2005-02-23 Thread chromatic
Hi there, The TAP documentation in 2.47_01 says: A harness must only read TAP output from standard output and not from standard error. The way Test::Builder works, diagnostics always go to STDERR. Is there a reason for this beyond "It's tricky to correlate diagnostics to the appropriate

Re: TAP and STDERR

2005-02-23 Thread Andy Lester
A harness must only read TAP output from standard output and not from standard error. I wasn't considering the diagnostics to necessarily be TAP output. They're allowed, but not necessary to the running of the test. xoa -- Andy Lester => [EMAIL PROTECTED] => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance

Re: TAP and STDERR

2005-02-23 Thread David Wheeler
On Feb 23, 2005, at 6:42 PM, chromatic wrote: The way Test::Builder works, diagnostics always go to STDERR. Is there a reason for this beyond "It's tricky to correlate diagnostics to the appropriate test numbers"? (I agree with that, but I'm willing to take my chances on certain occasions.) Perso