On 2012.4.10 6:21 PM, The Sidhekin wrote:
> * How would you rewrite a test script such as my own
> http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/EBHANSSEN/Test-Trap-v0.2.2/t/00-load.t so
> that it does not use use_ok()?
use Test::More tests => 1;
use Test::Trap::Builder::TempFile;
use Test::Trap::Builder::SystemSafe;
SKIP: {
skip 'Lacking PerlIO', 1 unless eval "use PerlIO; 1";
require Test::Trap::Builder::PerlIO;
Test::Trap::Builder::PerlIO->import;
}
use Test::Trap::Builder;
require Test::Trap
or BAIL_OUT( "Nothing to test without the Test::Trap class" );
diag( "Testing Test::Trap $Test::Trap::VERSION, Perl $], $^X" );
pass("Test::Trap loaded successfully");
Or a slimmed down version, recognizing that Test::Trap loads all the above
already and will tell you just which module failed to load. It also makes the
test black box.
eval {
require Test::Trap;
Test::Trap->import;
1;
} or BAIL_OUT("Test::Trap failed to load");
diag( "Testing Test::Trap $Test::Trap::VERSION, Perl $], $^X" );
pass("Test::Trap loaded successfully");
This can be boxed up in a module. There's already Test::Requires. It skips
instead of bails, it would be a good target for test_must_have() or something
that bails.
> * Why would you? :-\
Because it reads like normal Perl and doesn't rely on more code to do
something rather simple: load a module.
TAP (the ok 1 stuff) has us very much convinced that we need to output
something for every assert. The rest of the testing universe relies on
exceptions to tell them something's failed and seems to get along just fine
with that.
But quite honestly, if use_ok() works for you, if all you need is require +
import + test, continue to use it. I don't plan on eliminating it.
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