* Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-01-04T16:34:31] > I guess the reason I have never used BAIL_OUT is because if I have a > bunch of tests failing, they fail quickly and I don't have to wait for > them :) I suppose it's not that big of a deal, but I noticed it this > evening and thought I would toss it out there in case anyone has any > comments.
The problem with some things failing quickly is that you might do some simple tests way up front in, say, 00-am-i-online.t, and then have your lots and lots of tests start failing only after slow setups -- so you can either realize what's happened and interrupt, or go have a coffee. Worse, if your slow setups will need teardown, and your tests don't properly handle interrupts... and if you're running THAT under Devel::Cover to get things really nice and slow? Anyway, I don't use BAIL_OUT in everything, but having it as an option for really big, obnoxious test suites is lovely. -- rjbs
