On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:41:58PM -0700, Peter Prymmer wrote:
>
> Without the enclosed patch:
> # dra3:[perl.][000000]perl.exe;1 "-I../lib" "-ISSI-94177" Parent--94177
> # dra3:[perl.][000000]perl.exe;1 "-I../lib" "-ISSI-94177" Child--94177
> # Child expect 'Parent' got 'Parent
> '
> # Parent expect 'Parent' got 'Parent
> '
> Of course this was not the only way to do it I suppose. You might have
> wanted instead to =~ s/^\n$// any trailing blank line garbage instead.
> Please let me know if you would prefer such a reformulation.
Is this these "mailbox" things that have mentioned before?
Apart from sifting through the regression tests, is there any collected
wisdom of how to write tests so that they work first time without taking
up the time of the VMS porters?
I don't spot anything in perlport.pod about what to do, and what not to do.
Nicholas Clark
