* Mike Doherty [2012-04-11 01:10]:
> I typically use_ok(...) or BAIL_OUT. If that's the only way to use
> use_ok safely, then maybe it should do that for you automatically.
I don’t think changing its meaning so drastically is feasible now.
Also, this leaves the issue that if it (or any other rep
On 12-04-10 05:59 PM, Leon Timmermans wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Mike Doherty wrote:
>> I don't see any discouragement in the documentation... and what's wrong
>> with use_ok to begin with?
>
> If it fails, the module may not be loaded, or partially loaded. In
> such circumstances
On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Leon Timmermans wrote:
> If it fails, the module may not be loaded, or partially loaded. In
> such circumstances, testing the rest of the code can give very
> confusing results. It doesn't make sense to continue testing usually.
It seems that use_ok() ought to die i
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Mike Doherty wrote:
> I don't see any discouragement in the documentation... and what's wrong
> with use_ok to begin with?
If it fails, the module may not be loaded, or partially loaded. In
such circumstances, testing the rest of the code can give very
confusing
On 12-04-10 05:20 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> 2. Should use_ok() be discouraged in the documentation?
>
> I'm very much in favour of this.
I don't see any discouragement in the documentation... and what's wrong
with use_ok to beg
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> In a series of patches, Father Chrysostomos and I enhanced use_ok() so that it
> can apply lexical effects to more closely emulate the real `use`.
> There are two questions:
>
> 1. Should the lexical effect patches to use_ok() b
In a series of patches, Father Chrysostomos and I enhanced use_ok() so that it
can apply lexical effects to more closely emulate the real `use`. For example,
use_ok('strict');
Previously this would just load strict and call import, but strictures would
not actually be applied to your scope.
