Fuzz testing

2007-03-06 Thread David Cantrell
Has anyone done any perl fuzz-testing - that is, written something that generates valid but silly code in an attempt to find errors in the interpreter or in a module? It seems like a worthwhile thing to do, but I'm struggling to imagine what it would look like, particularly for testing pure

Re: Fuzz testing

2007-03-06 Thread Barbie
Hi Dave, Has anyone done any perl fuzz-testing - that is, written something that generates valid but silly code in an attempt to find errors in the interpreter or in a module? Is Acme::BadExample what you're looking for? The module that spawned a brilliant and enlightening talk by Jos

Re: Fuzz testing

2007-03-06 Thread Michael G Schwern
David Cantrell wrote: Has anyone done any perl fuzz-testing - that is, written something that generates valid but silly code in an attempt to find errors in the interpreter or in a module? It seems like a worthwhile thing to do, but I'm struggling to imagine what it would look like

Re: Fuzz testing

2007-03-06 Thread Adam Kennedy
Barbie wrote: Hi Dave, Has anyone done any perl fuzz-testing - that is, written something that generates valid but silly code in an attempt to find errors in the interpreter or in a module? Is Acme::BadExample what you're looking for? The module that spawned a brilliant and enlightening