Re: Running perl from a test on Windows

2013-01-29 Thread Daniel Perrett
"I need to collect the output from the other Perl library *without loading it*, because I also want to make sure that my library loads it for me" Is there a reason the output has to be created during testing rather than being part of the distribution? What about running it out in a .t file which pr

Re: [ESSAY] “Writing tests, motherfucker!”

2013-01-29 Thread Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer
On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > However, now I feel that trying to > philosophise about the distinction between all those is not so useful for the > people who are actually trying to write the tests. +1000 I once had fervent debates with colleagues about whether something was

Re: Running perl from a test on Windows

2013-01-29 Thread Buddy Burden
Daniel, >> "I need to collect the output from the other Perl library *without >> loading it*, because I also want to make sure that my library loads it >> for me" > Is there a reason the output has to be created during testing rather > than being part of the distribution? But that means I'm depe

Re: [ESSAY] “Writing tests, motherfucker!”

2013-01-29 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Jeffrey, On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:36:54 -0800 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > However, now I feel that trying to > > philosophise about the distinction between all those is not so useful for > > the people who are actually trying to wri