Now I know what is aggravating about testing:

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When you are told test #18 failed and you have to do a bunch of counts of ok in the file to find the error.

One way around it is to only have one test per file. Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality

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Re: Now I know what is aggravating about testing: by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 08, 2003 at 06:10 UTC
That's why modules such as Test::More allow you to name your tests - it makes finding the offending test much easier. Of course this won't help you with old-style, handmade or bad test suites, but test names are just as variable names - it's up to the author to chose sensible names. `perl -MHTTP::Daemon -MHTTP::Response -MLWP::Simple -e ' ; # The $d = new HTTP::Daemon and fork and getprint $d->url and exit;#spider ($c = $d->accept())->get_request(); $c->send_response( new #in the HTTP::Response(200,$_,$_,qq(Just another Perl hacker\n))); ' # web` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Now I know what is aggravating about testing: by princepawn (Parson) on Nov 08, 2003 at 06:19 UTC
Also, it looks like line numbers are given with (newer versions of?)`Test.pm` `t/file..............ok 15/38# Failed test 16 in t/file.t at line 135 + t/file..............ok 19/38# Failed test 20 in t/file.t at line 139 + t/file..............ok 21/38# Failed test 22 in t/file.t at line 141 + t/file..............NOK 22could not append: Permission denied at t/fil +e.t line 146.` [download] Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Now I know what is aggravating about testing: by petdance (Parson) on Nov 08, 2003 at 18:28 UTC
That's why everyone should explain what the test is doing in the comment. Instead of `is( $stooges, 3 );` [download] use `is( $stooges, 3, "Correct stooge count (in case we get Shemp too)" );` [download] It's about as self-documenting as you can get. xoxo, Andy	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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