On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 02:26:40PM +0100, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > 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.
Yeah, that's very nice idea! Thank you very much for this suggestion, that would be #1 to test with. But anyway, they more big packages will be recommended, the better, so keep suggesting them :) Thanks in advance. -- Best regards, -Vlad
