On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 13:58, James G Smith wrote: > Chris Shiflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not to discourage any PHP bashing (I'll often join in), but a few things > >on your list aren't really that accurate: > > > >--- James G Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> o No support for testing > >> o No support for documentation > >> o No way to declare variables / manage typos
> > Right now, in Perl, I can embed my documentation and tests right next > to the code being documented and tested. The tests themselves become > part of the documentation. This also means I can write the > documentation and tests and then hand the file off to someone else > for implementation; they will have all the examples and explanations > they need (or the tests aren't complete) when they write the code. (I > will admit that even this is stetching the Perl support a bit and > required that I write some code myself which I have yet to release on > CPAN [trying to think of a suitable name atm]). I'm familiar with POD, but how can you embed tests, or do you mean only documentation about tests? Regards, Rafael Caceres -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
