Re^2: TDD with Coverage Analysis. Wow.


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Re^2: TDD with Coverage Analysis. Wow.

by DrWhy (Chaplain)

on Aug 29, 2005 at 06:01 UTC ( [id://487339]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Perhaps you could test the non $^S branch by embedding the code under test in a separate litttle script and arrange to have this code executed in a separate process executed using an IPC::Run::<something> call and/or system(). You could then capture any error output/exit code as needed to verify correct behavior?

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Re^3: TDD with Coverage Analysis. Wow.
by tlm (Prior) on Aug 30, 2005 at 09:18 UTC

Perhaps you could test the non $^S branch by embedding the code under test in a separate litttle script and arrange to have this code executed in a separate process executed using an IPC::Run::<something> call and/or system(). You could then capture any error output/exit code as needed to verify correct behavior?

Yes, I did try something like this, and it worked, but Devel::Cover did not detect it. So the branch is not really uncoverable, I originally wrote, but rather "uncoverable as far as Devel::Cover can tell." :-)

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