Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-31 Thread David Golden
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > TB2 is the opposite of the second system syndrome.  The second system is > traditionally overbuilt with too many features that nobody needs.  While the > event system might qualify, the Test::Builder2 class itself does not. I'm reservin

Problem with running lots of tests (I think)

2011-10-31 Thread Buddy Burden
Guys, Okay, so I found a bug in this test script for a module I recently took over. It's a test that generates random times, and it would fail for zero seconds. But it only happened every once in a while, since zero was only one possible value and it was only running a small(ish) number of tests

Re: Problem with running lots of tests (I think)

2011-10-31 Thread Leon Timmermans
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Buddy Burden wrote: >> t/rand_time.t (Wstat: 9 Tests: 1764021 Failed: 0) >> Non-zero wait status: 9 > >> *** Signal 9 That one is obvious, it has been SIGKILLed. Probably the tester thought the tests were hanging. >> t/rand_time.t (Wstat: 139 Tests: 9

Re: Problem with running lots of tests (I think)

2011-10-31 Thread Buddy Burden
Leon, >>> *** Signal 9 > > That one is obvious, it has been SIGKILLed. Probably the tester > thought the tests were hanging. Well, that's probably the most common error ... surely there can't be _that_ many CPAN Testers folks hanging around actually _watching_ the tests run and killing them when

Re: Do we need subtests in TAP?

2011-10-31 Thread Michael G Schwern
On 2011.10.30 11:15 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > # from Michael G Schwern > # on Sunday 30 October 2011 20:30: > >> The current Test::Builder implementation is a mess and its design >> cannot go forward. They have to be gotten just right to ensure that >> not just nested TAP is supported, but nestin