On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:54:51PM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:38:20PM -0500, Barrie Slaymaker wrote: > > I've written a Test::Differences[1] that outputs things like: > > > > not ok 5 > > # Failed test 5 in blib/lib/Test/Differences.pm at line 221 fail #4 *TODO* > > # +-----+----------+ > > # | Got | Expected | > > # +-----+----------+ > > # | a\n | a\n | > > # >xxxxx* b\n < > > # | c\n | c\n | > > # >xxxxx* d\n < > > # | e\n | e\n | > > # +-----+----------+ > > > > when passed strings, arrays of strings, arrays of hashes, or arrays of > > arrays of strings (basically, all the result types DBI's fetchall_...() > > methods can return plus whole strings). > > Oooooooh, pretty. Beats the hell out of is_deeply.
Only for "table" structured data. Since older Data::Dumpers don't sort hash keys, and I haven't integrated the Data::Dumper like code I have elsewhere, it isn't generalized to handle all data structures. > Mind if I steal it? :) Not at all, but you'll need to steal Algortihm::Diff (and, for the moment, Text::Diff, but I want to remove that necessity). > > I would like to make Test::Differences autodetect Test::More and others > > like it so it can extend them "seamlessly" like so: > > In that case base yourself on Test::Builder and it should all Just > Work. Bingo, that should do the trick. > > and if there's an equivalent way to "mix in" with Test.pm. > > You can use unpublished bits like $Test::ntest. It should be safe > since Test.pm is stable (ie. dead). :) I was hoping you'd say that. I've done that before for internal-use-only stuff (read "hacks too embarassing to release" :), so I'll do it here. Thanks, Barrie
