Re: CGI Session management (was Re: the CGI.pm in Perl 6)

2006-09-20 Thread Ian Langworth
are, no work on CGI::Session for Perl 6 has started yet. I'm happy about that, because this module must not have "CGI" in its name. -- korajn salutojn, juerd waalboer: perl hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://juerd.nl/sig> convolution: ict solutions and consultancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Ian Langworth

Re: Time for a Revolution

2006-07-13 Thread Ian Langworth
t's easy to solve. I'm saying that to rope people in it's got to be Dead Fricking Simple. -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

2006-07-13 Thread Ian Langworth
hing and the language implementations become stable before we start thinking of making TAP inherit any baggage from other protocols by adding them as dependencies. Fair enough a "Layer 1" TAP parser might not care, but why not make it as equally easy to implement a "Layer 2" parser as well. Adam K -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

2006-07-12 Thread Ian Langworth
On 7/11/06, Adam Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fair enough a "Layer 1" TAP parser might not care, but why not make it as equally easy to implement a "Layer 2" parser as well. Bingo. -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

2006-07-11 Thread Ian Langworth
> > Any reason this shouldn't be the standard? It's easy to parse, it's easy > to read. > > Would it be acecptable if I patched Test::More to start outputing it's > expected/got messages in YAML instead of a plain text format? > > Regards, > Jonathan Rockway -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

2006-07-10 Thread Ian Langworth
re somehow reconstructing the syntax of the function call from inside the function. This loses information. Besides, they already have the expanded thing which went in. got/expected shows that. -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

2006-07-10 Thread Ian Langworth
list, please send follow up questions to the list. Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/ -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP diagnostic syntax proposal

2006-07-10 Thread Ian Langworth
st:is( "this", "that", "omg t3h sooper test!!1!" ); x-THAC0: 16 Details on the wiki. http://perl-qa.yi.org/index.php/TAP_diagnostic_syntax -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAPx::Parser 0.02

2006-07-09 Thread Ian Langworth
opinion is that playing with the tokenizer output shouldn't be discouraged. In someone breaks the structure, however, that's their problem. You're the one with vetitive power in the end, though :-) On 7/9/06, Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- Original Message From: Ian L

Re: TAPx::Parser 0.02

2006-07-09 Thread Ian Langworth
'... and it is not a SKIPped test'; ok !$test->is_todo, '... nor a TODO test'; is $test->as_string, 'ok 1 - input file opened', '... and its string representation should be correct'; There are still some bugs, but it's definitely gettin

Re: Bail out! questions

2006-07-09 Thread Ian Langworth
on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list. Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/ -- Ian Langworth

Re: Bail out! questions

2006-07-09 Thread Ian Langworth
on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list. Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/ -- Ian Langworth

Re: TAP Namespace Nonproliferation Treaty

2006-07-09 Thread Ian Langworth
. Don't know if that would bug folks, though. Cheers, Ovid -- If this message is a response to a question on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list. Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/ -- Ian Langworth

Licenses, alligators

2006-07-07 Thread Ian Langworth
rious mammals, birds, and other reptiles, including smaller alligators. They will even consume carrion if they are sufficiently hungry. As humans encroach onto to their habitat, attacks on humans are not unknown, but are few and far between." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator -- Ian Langworth

Re: Using Perl in QA departments

2006-06-24 Thread Ian Langworth
e slides and the examples of my 2 days course are available here: http://www.szabgab.com/perl_in_test_automation.html regards Gabor -- Ian Langworth

Re: Test::Harness spitting an error

2005-12-17 Thread Ian Langworth
No one else has replied, so here's a shot in the dark: Try setting the PERLIO environment variable to "crlf" (without quotes). -- Ian Langworth

CPANTS: released_while_burning_midnight_oil

2005-11-14 Thread Ian Langworth
zone then they are used to, such as when attending a conference, another author, or "buddy," may log in to PAUSE and vouch that they were also present when the module was released and that the author was in a relatively good state of consciousness. -- Ian Langworth PS. If you feel that sar

HTTP::Recorder

2005-07-12 Thread Ian Langworth
/Bugs.html?Dist=HTTP-Recorder). Suggestions? -- Ian Langworth

Test::Cmd -- Recommended?

2005-07-11 Thread Ian Langworth
es 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

Re: RFC - Class::Agreement

2005-05-27 Thread Ian Langworth
the strongest features of Class::Agreement > and should definitely be hyped. Many aren't going to use > Class::Contract due to the performance hit. Argle -- I've forgotten to explain the whole joke! An "agreement" is lighter than a "contract." Hence, Class::Agreement. Har, har. -- Ian Langworth

Re: RFC - Class::Agreement

2005-05-27 Thread Ian Langworth
Class::Contract. Class::Agreement's contracts should be nearly as light as putting "die unless" in your methods. I'll include that feature, but not without a big disclaimer such as the above. > -I had to read "What do you mean, ``There's a problem with the > heirarchy?''" three times. More paragraphs and an example for the > slow of thinking like me please :-) Definitely. More examples on the way. Thanks, Adrian. This is much appreciated. -- Ian Langworth

Re: RFC - Class::Agreement

2005-05-23 Thread Ian Langworth
ts correctly", but I don't know what that means. I > also note that the link you point us to after that comment is a > citation, not something I can actually read. CiteSeer has a little box full of links under "View or Download" on the citation pages. -- Ian Langworth

RFC - Class::Agreement

2005-05-23 Thread Ian Langworth
-Agreement.html POD: http://reliant.langworth.com/~ian/Class-Agreement.pod -- Ian Langworth

Re: testing that processes terminate

2005-05-23 Thread Ian Langworth
g environments (running the test yourself and your automated nightly run) are different in some way. This nightly run -- is it, by any chance, running low-priority? -- Ian Langworth

Re: Displaying the description in diagnostic output

2005-05-23 Thread Ian Langworth
be nice. I like the word "actual" much better than "got," but I agree that swapping the order would create inconsistency. -- Ian Langworth

Re: [RFC] Test::Plan

2005-03-15 Thread Ian Langworth
ll working up additional tests, but the documentation and > functionality is all there, so constructive feedback welcome. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: Module popularity

2005-03-14 Thread Ian Langworth
Fair enough. On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:37:26 -0600, Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd rather it didn't. What people think of as "popularity" is not what > Phalanx measures. > > Let's not stir the mud. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Nort

Module popularity

2005-03-14 Thread Ian Langworth
? -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: [RFC] adding skip option directly to plan()

2005-03-12 Thread Ian Langworth
are enough people who like it that > I thought it warranted a discussion here to see if T::M was > interested. Yeah, I know, I was curious how the reason could fit into the _proposed_ Test::More additions. I'll do a better job at phrasing next time. :-) -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrill

Re: [RFC] adding skip option directly to plan()

2005-03-12 Thread Ian Langworth
On 30.Nov.2004 09:57AM -0600, Andy Lester wrote: >plan tests => 14, have( "Foo::Wango" ), moon_phase eq "waning", etc; Where does the reason fit into this syntax? -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: Test comments

2005-03-12 Thread Ian Langworth
ctionary: http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml It usually provides. Other times, such as in the case of searching for "optional note," it produces completely silly results such as "linseed oil." Go figure. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: TAP docs

2005-02-21 Thread Ian Langworth
e or something) Thus ends any nitpicky things my brain clicked on. Andy Lester wrote: Get those comments in ASAP, please. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: TAP docs

2005-02-19 Thread Ian Langworth
something) Thus ends any nitpicky things my brain clicked on. Andy Lester wrote: Get those comments in ASAP, please. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: Test names/comments/whatever?

2005-02-05 Thread Ian Langworth
test makes sure that the graph can correctly identify the number of tiles that make up a region." 'comment', however, seems just right -- it implies a short, optional description. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: Test names/comments/whatever?

2005-02-05 Thread Ian Langworth
t makes sure that the graph can correctly identify the number of tiles that make up a region." 'comment', however, seems just right -- it implies a short, optional description. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: introduction

2005-01-30 Thread Ian Langworth
Comrade Burnout wrote: I'm not sure where to start other than this. So "hi" and stuff. Hi, Brian. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Proposed Test::Harness::Straps data

2005-01-26 Thread Ian Langworth
num => 4, type => 'skip', comment => "test AIX thingies", reason => "not running AIX", }, ... ] } ... ]; -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Re: Test::Harness::HTML (was Test::Unit, ::Class, or ::Inline?)

2005-01-26 Thread Ian Langworth
frustrating. Yeah, it's pretty damn ugly. If anybody wants to continue with this module, feel free to grab it, as I'm pretty short on time. I just started it as an experiment. -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Test::Unit, ::Class, or ::Inline?

2005-01-24 Thread Ian Langworth
but I really like the idea of having my tests right along with the methods when using Test::Inline. (The latter would be great when presenting our code to the class.) Thoughts? -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science

Test::Harness HTML output

2005-01-22 Thread Ian Langworth
ick on the summaries to see the full (however lacking) output. T::H::Straps doesn't yet seem to handle grabbing stderr, among other things. If you want to try it out for other test suites, check out the directory: http://langworth.com/downloads/tmp/THHTML/ Work in progress. -- Ian La

Re: --session option to prove

2004-12-13 Thread Ian Langworth
task list. Our Emacs plugin provides complete compilation feedback in real time, and both of our plug-ins provide notification of test errors. - -- Ian Langworth Project Guerrilla Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science