Vlad Harchev wrote: > I'm testing some perl source code transformation tool (kinda perl source > code prettifier). I would like to test > it by running over some huge software package written in perl that have > testsuites written for it available (i.e. I would like to transform some > package's source, transform its testsuite's source, then run transformed > testsuite to check whether transformed project still passes the tests). > > Could you please recommend me some such big perl packages with testsuites? > Thanks in advance.
You will get best coverage from the perl 5.8.0 test suite itself. As a matter of fact, the perl test suite already includes a rough mechanism to allow it to be run through some sort of filter : look in the perlhack manpage for the mention of the test.deparse make target, and scan the general Makefile and t/TEST script to see how it's implemented. With a little work you'll probably be able to run the perl test suite through your tool. HTH.
