I have written "Test::Builder2" more times than I can count. Wait, I can count them. It occurs at least 1280 times in the distribution. That's 18,000 keystrokes. 19,000 if you count shift. It gets a little tiresome. That's just the current count, who knows how many times I've retyped it.
In the interest of saving my hands, and the hands of test module authors, I'm considering changing the namespace from Test::Builder2 to just TB2. Like LWP and DBI. Test::Builder2 has a lot of parts, as you can see here: https://metacpan.org/release/MSCHWERN/Test-Simple-2.00_07/ Here's some examples. Before After ------ ----- Test::Builder2 TB2 Test::Builder2::History TB2::History. Test::Builder2::Event::SetPlan TB2::Event::SetPlan Test::Builder2::Formatter::TAP::v13 TB2::Formatter::TAP::v13 Test::Builder, Test::More and Test::Simple remain unchanged. This both saves wear on joints and it establishes a clear "keep outta my namespace" namespace for TB2 to expand into. 3rd party extensions can go into TB2X:: or just Test:: like normal. On the down side, it doesn't contain the word "Test". I'm not too worried as this is the guts of testing, and by the time you need it you should already have picked up enough Perl to find it. It also busts compatibility with the existing TB2 alphas... but that's what alphas are for. I've very well broken compatibility nine other ways this month anyway. Oh, and somebody has to do it. Thoughts? -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
