Re: Anyone seriously using 5.004?

2001-08-22 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:11:41PM -0400, Michael Schwern wrote: > I've got 5.004_04, 5.004_05, 5.005_03, 5.6.1 and bleadperl installed > to test against. Should I bother with 5.004? Is anyone *seriously* > using it still? > > > PS When I say 5.004, I mean the original 5.004 release. If

Re: [PATCH MANIFEST lib/CPAN/t/Nox.t] Add Tests for CPAN::Nox

2001-10-08 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Oct 06, chromatic wrote: > All tests pass. Low-hanging fruit. > > Should I send a copy to Andreas König as well? It's always a good idea to cc: the author. - Kurt

Re: is() with arbitrary comparisions

2001-12-10 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Dec 10, Michael Schwern wrote: > I think I have a solution to the rigidity of is(). ie. something with > the diagnostic output of is(), but the flexibility of ok(). > > The principle idea being to replace code like: > > ok( $foo <= $bar ) || print "# $foo <= $bar\n"; > > Provide an is()

Re: Untested modules update: There's more than we thought

2001-12-15 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Dec 14, Michael Schwern wrote: > Constructors fail often enough that I felt it worthwhile to write a > test function for them. > > You could leave off the test entirely and just trust that you use $foo > later on down in the test and it'll explode there, but its better to > put the point of fa

Re: Untested modules update: There's more than we thought

2001-12-15 Thread Kurt D. Starsinic
On Dec 15, Dave Rolsky wrote: > Ok, so that's a bit off the topic of "why use isa_ok()" but I just don't > see why people seem to object to the use of Test::More in the core Perl > tests. I can't see how it couldn't help improve the quality of the tests > while providing a standardized way to do