Remove orphaned (and unused) Test::Simple test
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3f2ec160 1package Test::More;
2
d020a79a 3use 5.004;
3f2ec160 4
d020a79a 5use strict;
3f2ec160 6
33459055 7
8# Can't use Carp because it might cause use_ok() to accidentally succeed
9# even though the module being used forgot to use Carp. Yes, this
10# actually happened.
11sub _carp {
12 my($file, $line) = (caller(1))[1,2];
a9153838 13 warn @_, " at $file line $line\n";
3f2ec160 14}
15
33459055 16
17
33459055 18use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT %EXPORT_TAGS $TODO);
0753bcb5 19$VERSION = '0.70';
7483b81c 20$VERSION = eval $VERSION; # make the alpha version come out as a number
21
b1ddf169 22use Test::Builder::Module;
23@ISA = qw(Test::Builder::Module);
3f2ec160 24@EXPORT = qw(ok use_ok require_ok
a9153838 25 is isnt like unlike is_deeply
26 cmp_ok
27 skip todo todo_skip
3f2ec160 28 pass fail
de2dd90a 29 eq_array eq_hash eq_set
d020a79a 30 $TODO
31 plan
32 can_ok isa_ok
a9153838 33 diag
b1ddf169 34 BAIL_OUT
3f2ec160 35 );
36
3f2ec160 37
38=head1 NAME
39
40Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
41
42=head1 SYNOPSIS
43
b7f9bbeb 44 use Test::More tests => 23;
3f2ec160 45 # or
46 use Test::More qw(no_plan);
47 # or
d020a79a 48 use Test::More skip_all => $reason;
3f2ec160 49
50 BEGIN { use_ok( 'Some::Module' ); }
51 require_ok( 'Some::Module' );
52
53 # Various ways to say "ok"
004caa16 54 ok($got eq $expected, $test_name);
3f2ec160 55
004caa16 56 is ($got, $exptected, $test_name);
57 isnt($got, $expected, $test_name);
a9153838 58
59 # Rather than print STDERR "# here's what went wrong\n"
60 diag("here's what went wrong");
61
004caa16 62 like ($got, qr/expected/, $test_name);
63 unlike($got, qr/expected/, $test_name);
a9153838 64
004caa16 65 cmp_ok($got, '==', $expected, $test_name);
3f2ec160 66
004caa16 67 is_deeply($got_complex_structure, $expected_complex_structure, $test_name);
33459055 68
d020a79a 69 SKIP: {
70 skip $why, $how_many unless $have_some_feature;
71
3f2ec160 72 ok( foo(), $test_name );
73 is( foo(42), 23, $test_name );
d020a79a 74 };
75
76 TODO: {
77 local $TODO = $why;
3f2ec160 78
3f2ec160 79 ok( foo(), $test_name );
80 is( foo(42), 23, $test_name );
d020a79a 81 };
82
83 can_ok($module, @methods);
84 isa_ok($object, $class);
3f2ec160 85
86 pass($test_name);
87 fail($test_name);
88
b1ddf169 89 BAIL_OUT($why);
3f2ec160 90
d020a79a 91 # UNIMPLEMENTED!!!
b1ddf169 92 my @status = Test::More::status;
d020a79a 93
3f2ec160 94
95=head1 DESCRIPTION
96
a9153838 97B<STOP!> If you're just getting started writing tests, have a look at
d020a79a 98Test::Simple first. This is a drop in replacement for Test::Simple
99which you can switch to once you get the hang of basic testing.
3f2ec160 100
a9153838 101The purpose of this module is to provide a wide range of testing
102utilities. Various ways to say "ok" with better diagnostics,
103facilities to skip tests, test future features and compare complicated
104data structures. While you can do almost anything with a simple
105C<ok()> function, it doesn't provide good diagnostic output.
3f2ec160 106
107
108=head2 I love it when a plan comes together
109
110Before anything else, you need a testing plan. This basically declares
111how many tests your script is going to run to protect against premature
112failure.
113
4bd4e70a 114The preferred way to do this is to declare a plan when you C<use Test::More>.
3f2ec160 115
b7f9bbeb 116 use Test::More tests => 23;
3f2ec160 117
118There are rare cases when you will not know beforehand how many tests
119your script is going to run. In this case, you can declare that you
120have no plan. (Try to avoid using this as it weakens your test.)
121
122 use Test::More qw(no_plan);
123
30e302f8 124B<NOTE>: using no_plan requires a Test::Harness upgrade else it will
b1ddf169 125think everything has failed. See L<CAVEATS and NOTES>).
30e302f8 126
3f2ec160 127In some cases, you'll want to completely skip an entire testing script.
128
d020a79a 129 use Test::More skip_all => $skip_reason;
3f2ec160 130
d020a79a 131Your script will declare a skip with the reason why you skipped and
132exit immediately with a zero (success). See L<Test::Harness> for
133details.
3f2ec160 134
33459055 135If you want to control what functions Test::More will export, you
136have to use the 'import' option. For example, to import everything
137but 'fail', you'd do:
138
139 use Test::More tests => 23, import => ['!fail'];
140
141Alternatively, you can use the plan() function. Useful for when you
142have to calculate the number of tests.
143
144 use Test::More;
145 plan tests => keys %Stuff * 3;
146
147or for deciding between running the tests at all:
148
149 use Test::More;
150 if( $^O eq 'MacOS' ) {
4bd4e70a 151 plan skip_all => 'Test irrelevant on MacOS';
33459055 152 }
153 else {
154 plan tests => 42;
155 }
156
157=cut
158
159sub plan {
b1ddf169 160 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
7483b81c 161
b1ddf169 162 $tb->plan(@_);
33459055 163}
164
7483b81c 165
b1ddf169 166# This implements "use Test::More 'no_diag'" but the behavior is
167# deprecated.
168sub import_extra {
169 my $class = shift;
170 my $list = shift;
7483b81c 171
b1ddf169 172 my @other = ();
7483b81c 173 my $idx = 0;
b1ddf169 174 while( $idx <= $#{$list} ) {
175 my $item = $list->[$idx];
176
177 if( defined $item and $item eq 'no_diag' ) {
178 $class->builder->no_diag(1);
7483b81c 179 }
180 else {
b1ddf169 181 push @other, $item;
7483b81c 182 }
183
184 $idx++;
185 }
186
b1ddf169 187 @$list = @other;
33459055 188}
189
3f2ec160 190
191=head2 Test names
192
193By convention, each test is assigned a number in order. This is
6686786d 194largely done automatically for you. However, it's often very useful to
3f2ec160 195assign a name to each test. Which would you rather see:
196
197 ok 4
198 not ok 5
199 ok 6
200
201or
202
203 ok 4 - basic multi-variable
204 not ok 5 - simple exponential
205 ok 6 - force == mass * acceleration
206
207The later gives you some idea of what failed. It also makes it easier
208to find the test in your script, simply search for "simple
209exponential".
210
6686786d 211All test functions take a name argument. It's optional, but highly
3f2ec160 212suggested that you use it.
213
214
215=head2 I'm ok, you're not ok.
216
217The basic purpose of this module is to print out either "ok #" or "not
218ok #" depending on if a given test succeeded or failed. Everything
219else is just gravy.
220
221All of the following print "ok" or "not ok" depending on if the test
222succeeded or failed. They all also return true or false,
223respectively.
224
225=over 4
226
227=item B<ok>
228
004caa16 229 ok($got eq $expected, $test_name);
3f2ec160 230
004caa16 231This simply evaluates any expression (C<$got eq $expected> is just a
3f2ec160 232simple example) and uses that to determine if the test succeeded or
233failed. A true expression passes, a false one fails. Very simple.
234
235For example:
236
237 ok( $exp{9} == 81, 'simple exponential' );
238 ok( Film->can('db_Main'), 'set_db()' );
239 ok( $p->tests == 4, 'saw tests' );
240 ok( !grep !defined $_, @items, 'items populated' );
241
242(Mnemonic: "This is ok.")
243
244$test_name is a very short description of the test that will be printed
245out. It makes it very easy to find a test in your script when it fails
246and gives others an idea of your intentions. $test_name is optional,
247but we B<very> strongly encourage its use.
248
249Should an ok() fail, it will produce some diagnostics:
250
251 not ok 18 - sufficient mucus
b1ddf169 252 # Failed test 'sufficient mucus'
253 # in foo.t at line 42.
3f2ec160 254
004caa16 255This is the same as Test::Simple's ok() routine.
3f2ec160 256
257=cut
258
33459055 259sub ok ($;$) {
260 my($test, $name) = @_;
b1ddf169 261 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
262
263 $tb->ok($test, $name);
33459055 264}
3f2ec160 265
266=item B<is>
267
268=item B<isnt>
269
004caa16 270 is ( $got, $expected, $test_name );
271 isnt( $got, $expected, $test_name );
3f2ec160 272
d020a79a 273Similar to ok(), is() and isnt() compare their two arguments
274with C<eq> and C<ne> respectively and use the result of that to
275determine if the test succeeded or failed. So these:
3f2ec160 276
277 # Is the ultimate answer 42?
278 is( ultimate_answer(), 42, "Meaning of Life" );
279
280 # $foo isn't empty
281 isnt( $foo, '', "Got some foo" );
282
283are similar to these:
284
285 ok( ultimate_answer() eq 42, "Meaning of Life" );
286 ok( $foo ne '', "Got some foo" );
287
288(Mnemonic: "This is that." "This isn't that.")
289
290So why use these? They produce better diagnostics on failure. ok()
291cannot know what you are testing for (beyond the name), but is() and
292isnt() know what the test was and why it failed. For example this
d020a79a 293test:
3f2ec160 294
295 my $foo = 'waffle'; my $bar = 'yarblokos';
296 is( $foo, $bar, 'Is foo the same as bar?' );
297
298Will produce something like this:
299
300 not ok 17 - Is foo the same as bar?
b1ddf169 301 # Failed test 'Is foo the same as bar?'
302 # in foo.t at line 139.
3f2ec160 303 # got: 'waffle'
304 # expected: 'yarblokos'
305
306So you can figure out what went wrong without rerunning the test.
307
308You are encouraged to use is() and isnt() over ok() where possible,
309however do not be tempted to use them to find out if something is
310true or false!
311
30e302f8 312 # XXX BAD!
313 is( exists $brooklyn{tree}, 1, 'A tree grows in Brooklyn' );
3f2ec160 314
30e302f8 315This does not check if C<exists $brooklyn{tree}> is true, it checks if
3f2ec160 316it returns 1. Very different. Similar caveats exist for false and 0.
317In these cases, use ok().
318
30e302f8 319 ok( exists $brooklyn{tree}, 'A tree grows in Brooklyn' );
3f2ec160 320
d020a79a 321For those grammatical pedants out there, there's an C<isn't()>
322function which is an alias of isnt().
3f2ec160 323
324=cut
325
326sub is ($$;$) {
b1ddf169 327 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
328
329 $tb->is_eq(@_);
3f2ec160 330}
331
332sub isnt ($$;$) {
b1ddf169 333 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
334
335 $tb->isnt_eq(@_);
3f2ec160 336}
337
338*isn't = \&isnt;
339
340
341=item B<like>
342
004caa16 343 like( $got, qr/expected/, $test_name );
3f2ec160 344
004caa16 345Similar to ok(), like() matches $got against the regex C<qr/expected/>.
3f2ec160 346
347So this:
348
004caa16 349 like($got, qr/expected/, 'this is like that');
3f2ec160 350
351is similar to:
352
004caa16 353 ok( $got =~ /expected/, 'this is like that');
3f2ec160 354
355(Mnemonic "This is like that".)
356
357The second argument is a regular expression. It may be given as a
4bd4e70a 358regex reference (i.e. C<qr//>) or (for better compatibility with older
3f2ec160 359perls) as a string that looks like a regex (alternative delimiters are
360currently not supported):
361
004caa16 362 like( $got, '/expected/', 'this is like that' );
3f2ec160 363
004caa16 364Regex options may be placed on the end (C<'/expected/i'>).
3f2ec160 365
366Its advantages over ok() are similar to that of is() and isnt(). Better
367diagnostics on failure.
368
369=cut
370
371sub like ($$;$) {
b1ddf169 372 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
373
374 $tb->like(@_);
3f2ec160 375}
376
a9153838 377
378=item B<unlike>
379
004caa16 380 unlike( $got, qr/expected/, $test_name );
a9153838 381
004caa16 382Works exactly as like(), only it checks if $got B<does not> match the
a9153838 383given pattern.
384
385=cut
386
30e302f8 387sub unlike ($$;$) {
b1ddf169 388 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
389
390 $tb->unlike(@_);
a9153838 391}
392
393
394=item B<cmp_ok>
395
004caa16 396 cmp_ok( $got, $op, $expected, $test_name );
a9153838 397
398Halfway between ok() and is() lies cmp_ok(). This allows you to
399compare two arguments using any binary perl operator.
400
004caa16 401 # ok( $got eq $expected );
402 cmp_ok( $got, 'eq', $expected, 'this eq that' );
a9153838 403
004caa16 404 # ok( $got == $expected );
405 cmp_ok( $got, '==', $expected, 'this == that' );
a9153838 406
004caa16 407 # ok( $got && $expected );
408 cmp_ok( $got, '&&', $expected, 'this && that' );
a9153838 409 ...etc...
410
004caa16 411Its advantage over ok() is when the test fails you'll know what $got
412and $expected were:
a9153838 413
414 not ok 1
b1ddf169 415 # Failed test in foo.t at line 12.
a9153838 416 # '23'
417 # &&
418 # undef
419
6686786d 420It's also useful in those cases where you are comparing numbers and
a9153838 421is()'s use of C<eq> will interfere:
422
423 cmp_ok( $big_hairy_number, '==', $another_big_hairy_number );
424
425=cut
426
427sub cmp_ok($$$;$) {
b1ddf169 428 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
429
430 $tb->cmp_ok(@_);
a9153838 431}
432
433
d020a79a 434=item B<can_ok>
435
436 can_ok($module, @methods);
437 can_ok($object, @methods);
438
439Checks to make sure the $module or $object can do these @methods
440(works with functions, too).
441
442 can_ok('Foo', qw(this that whatever));
443
444is almost exactly like saying:
445
446 ok( Foo->can('this') &&
447 Foo->can('that') &&
448 Foo->can('whatever')
449 );
450
451only without all the typing and with a better interface. Handy for
452quickly testing an interface.
453
a9153838 454No matter how many @methods you check, a single can_ok() call counts
455as one test. If you desire otherwise, use:
456
457 foreach my $meth (@methods) {
458 can_ok('Foo', $meth);
459 }
460
d020a79a 461=cut
462
463sub can_ok ($@) {
464 my($proto, @methods) = @_;
89c1e84a 465 my $class = ref $proto || $proto;
b1ddf169 466 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
d020a79a 467
68938d83 468 unless( $class ) {
469 my $ok = $tb->ok( 0, "->can(...)" );
470 $tb->diag(' can_ok() called with empty class or reference');
471 return $ok;
472 }
473
a9153838 474 unless( @methods ) {
b1ddf169 475 my $ok = $tb->ok( 0, "$class->can(...)" );
476 $tb->diag(' can_ok() called with no methods');
a9153838 477 return $ok;
478 }
479
d020a79a 480 my @nok = ();
481 foreach my $method (@methods) {
c00d8759 482 $tb->_try(sub { $proto->can($method) }) or push @nok, $method;
d020a79a 483 }
484
485 my $name;
6686786d 486 $name = @methods == 1 ? "$class->can('$methods[0]')"
d020a79a 487 : "$class->can(...)";
1be77ff7 488
b1ddf169 489 my $ok = $tb->ok( !@nok, $name );
d020a79a 490
b1ddf169 491 $tb->diag(map " $class->can('$_') failed\n", @nok);
d020a79a 492
33459055 493 return $ok;
d020a79a 494}
495
496=item B<isa_ok>
497
33459055 498 isa_ok($object, $class, $object_name);
a9153838 499 isa_ok($ref, $type, $ref_name);
d020a79a 500
30e302f8 501Checks to see if the given C<< $object->isa($class) >>. Also checks to make
d020a79a 502sure the object was defined in the first place. Handy for this sort
503of thing:
504
505 my $obj = Some::Module->new;
506 isa_ok( $obj, 'Some::Module' );
507
508where you'd otherwise have to write
509
510 my $obj = Some::Module->new;
511 ok( defined $obj && $obj->isa('Some::Module') );
512
513to safeguard against your test script blowing up.
514
a9153838 515It works on references, too:
516
517 isa_ok( $array_ref, 'ARRAY' );
518
33459055 519The diagnostics of this test normally just refer to 'the object'. If
520you'd like them to be more specific, you can supply an $object_name
521(for example 'Test customer').
522
d020a79a 523=cut
524
33459055 525sub isa_ok ($$;$) {
526 my($object, $class, $obj_name) = @_;
b1ddf169 527 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
d020a79a 528
529 my $diag;
33459055 530 $obj_name = 'The object' unless defined $obj_name;
531 my $name = "$obj_name isa $class";
d020a79a 532 if( !defined $object ) {
33459055 533 $diag = "$obj_name isn't defined";
d020a79a 534 }
535 elsif( !ref $object ) {
33459055 536 $diag = "$obj_name isn't a reference";
d020a79a 537 }
a9153838 538 else {
539 # We can't use UNIVERSAL::isa because we want to honor isa() overrides
c00d8759 540 my($rslt, $error) = $tb->_try(sub { $object->isa($class) });
541 if( $error ) {
542 if( $error =~ /^Can't call method "isa" on unblessed reference/ ) {
543 # Its an unblessed reference
a9153838 544 if( !UNIVERSAL::isa($object, $class) ) {
545 my $ref = ref $object;
6686786d 546 $diag = "$obj_name isn't a '$class' it's a '$ref'";
a9153838 547 }
548 } else {
549 die <<WHOA;
550WHOA! I tried to call ->isa on your object and got some weird error.
a9153838 551Here's the error.
c00d8759 552$error
a9153838 553WHOA
554 }
555 }
556 elsif( !$rslt ) {
557 my $ref = ref $object;
6686786d 558 $diag = "$obj_name isn't a '$class' it's a '$ref'";
a9153838 559 }
d020a79a 560 }
a9153838 561
562
d020a79a 563
33459055 564 my $ok;
d020a79a 565 if( $diag ) {
b1ddf169 566 $ok = $tb->ok( 0, $name );
567 $tb->diag(" $diag\n");
d020a79a 568 }
569 else {
b1ddf169 570 $ok = $tb->ok( 1, $name );
d020a79a 571 }
33459055 572
573 return $ok;
d020a79a 574}
575
576
3f2ec160 577=item B<pass>
578
579=item B<fail>
580
581 pass($test_name);
582 fail($test_name);
583
584Sometimes you just want to say that the tests have passed. Usually
585the case is you've got some complicated condition that is difficult to
586wedge into an ok(). In this case, you can simply use pass() (to
587declare the test ok) or fail (for not ok). They are synonyms for
588ok(1) and ok(0).
589
590Use these very, very, very sparingly.
591
592=cut
593
d020a79a 594sub pass (;$) {
b1ddf169 595 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
596 $tb->ok(1, @_);
3f2ec160 597}
598
d020a79a 599sub fail (;$) {
b1ddf169 600 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
601 $tb->ok(0, @_);
3f2ec160 602}
603
604=back
605
a9153838 606
3f2ec160 607=head2 Module tests
608
609You usually want to test if the module you're testing loads ok, rather
610than just vomiting if its load fails. For such purposes we have
611C<use_ok> and C<require_ok>.
612
613=over 4
614
615=item B<use_ok>
616
3f2ec160 617 BEGIN { use_ok($module); }
d020a79a 618 BEGIN { use_ok($module, @imports); }
619
620These simply use the given $module and test to make sure the load
89c1e84a 621happened ok. It's recommended that you run use_ok() inside a BEGIN
d020a79a 622block so its functions are exported at compile-time and prototypes are
623properly honored.
624
625If @imports are given, they are passed through to the use. So this:
626
627 BEGIN { use_ok('Some::Module', qw(foo bar)) }
628
629is like doing this:
630
631 use Some::Module qw(foo bar);
3f2ec160 632
30e302f8 633Version numbers can be checked like so:
634
635 # Just like "use Some::Module 1.02"
636 BEGIN { use_ok('Some::Module', 1.02) }
637
638Don't try to do this:
a344be10 639
640 BEGIN {
641 use_ok('Some::Module');
642
643 ...some code that depends on the use...
644 ...happening at compile time...
645 }
646
30e302f8 647because the notion of "compile-time" is relative. Instead, you want:
a344be10 648
649 BEGIN { use_ok('Some::Module') }
650 BEGIN { ...some code that depends on the use... }
651
3f2ec160 652
653=cut
654
d020a79a 655sub use_ok ($;@) {
656 my($module, @imports) = @_;
657 @imports = () unless @imports;
b1ddf169 658 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
3f2ec160 659
30e302f8 660 my($pack,$filename,$line) = caller;
3f2ec160 661
c00d8759 662 local($@,$!,$SIG{__DIE__}); # isolate eval
30e302f8 663
664 if( @imports == 1 and $imports[0] =~ /^\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/ ) {
665 # probably a version check. Perl needs to see the bare number
666 # for it to work with non-Exporter based modules.
667 eval <<USE;
3f2ec160 668package $pack;
30e302f8 669use $module $imports[0];
3f2ec160 670USE
30e302f8 671 }
672 else {
673 eval <<USE;
674package $pack;
675use $module \@imports;
676USE
677 }
3f2ec160 678
b1ddf169 679 my $ok = $tb->ok( !$@, "use $module;" );
3f2ec160 680
681 unless( $ok ) {
0cd946aa 682 chomp $@;
30e302f8 683 $@ =~ s{^BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at .*$}
684 {BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at $filename line $line.}m;
b1ddf169 685 $tb->diag(<<DIAGNOSTIC);
a9153838 686 Tried to use '$module'.
687 Error: $@
3f2ec160 688DIAGNOSTIC
689
690 }
691
692 return $ok;
693}
694
d020a79a 695=item B<require_ok>
696
697 require_ok($module);
7483b81c 698 require_ok($file);
d020a79a 699
7483b81c 700Like use_ok(), except it requires the $module or $file.
d020a79a 701
702=cut
3f2ec160 703
704sub require_ok ($) {
705 my($module) = shift;
b1ddf169 706 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
3f2ec160 707
708 my $pack = caller;
709
7483b81c 710 # Try to deterine if we've been given a module name or file.
711 # Module names must be barewords, files not.
712 $module = qq['$module'] unless _is_module_name($module);
713
c00d8759 714 local($!, $@, $SIG{__DIE__}); # isolate eval
715 local $SIG{__DIE__};
3f2ec160 716 eval <<REQUIRE;
717package $pack;
718require $module;
719REQUIRE
720
b1ddf169 721 my $ok = $tb->ok( !$@, "require $module;" );
3f2ec160 722
723 unless( $ok ) {
0cd946aa 724 chomp $@;
b1ddf169 725 $tb->diag(<<DIAGNOSTIC);
a9153838 726 Tried to require '$module'.
727 Error: $@
3f2ec160 728DIAGNOSTIC
729
730 }
731
732 return $ok;
733}
734
7483b81c 735
736sub _is_module_name {
737 my $module = shift;
738
739 # Module names start with a letter.
740 # End with an alphanumeric.
741 # The rest is an alphanumeric or ::
742 $module =~ s/\b::\b//g;
5143c659 743 $module =~ /^[a-zA-Z]\w*$/;
7483b81c 744}
745
d020a79a 746=back
3f2ec160 747
b1ddf169 748
749=head2 Complex data structures
750
751Not everything is a simple eq check or regex. There are times you
752need to see if two data structures are equivalent. For these
753instances Test::More provides a handful of useful functions.
754
755B<NOTE> I'm not quite sure what will happen with filehandles.
756
757=over 4
758
759=item B<is_deeply>
760
004caa16 761 is_deeply( $got, $expected, $test_name );
b1ddf169 762
004caa16 763Similar to is(), except that if $got and $expected are references, it
b1ddf169 764does a deep comparison walking each data structure to see if they are
765equivalent. If the two structures are different, it will display the
766place where they start differing.
767
768is_deeply() compares the dereferenced values of references, the
769references themselves (except for their type) are ignored. This means
770aspects such as blessing and ties are not considered "different".
771
845d7e37 772is_deeply() current has very limited handling of function reference
773and globs. It merely checks if they have the same referent. This may
774improve in the future.
775
b1ddf169 776Test::Differences and Test::Deep provide more in-depth functionality
777along these lines.
778
779=cut
780
781use vars qw(@Data_Stack %Refs_Seen);
782my $DNE = bless [], 'Does::Not::Exist';
783sub is_deeply {
784 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
785
786 unless( @_ == 2 or @_ == 3 ) {
787 my $msg = <<WARNING;
788is_deeply() takes two or three args, you gave %d.
789This usually means you passed an array or hash instead
790of a reference to it
791WARNING
792 chop $msg; # clip off newline so carp() will put in line/file
793
794 _carp sprintf $msg, scalar @_;
795
796 return $tb->ok(0);
797 }
798
004caa16 799 my($got, $expected, $name) = @_;
b1ddf169 800
004caa16 801 $tb->_unoverload_str(\$expected, \$got);
b1ddf169 802
803 my $ok;
004caa16 804 if( !ref $got and !ref $expected ) { # neither is a reference
805 $ok = $tb->is_eq($got, $expected, $name);
b1ddf169 806 }
004caa16 807 elsif( !ref $got xor !ref $expected ) { # one's a reference, one isn't
b1ddf169 808 $ok = $tb->ok(0, $name);
004caa16 809 $tb->diag( _format_stack({ vals => [ $got, $expected ] }) );
b1ddf169 810 }
811 else { # both references
812 local @Data_Stack = ();
004caa16 813 if( _deep_check($got, $expected) ) {
b1ddf169 814 $ok = $tb->ok(1, $name);
815 }
816 else {
817 $ok = $tb->ok(0, $name);
818 $tb->diag(_format_stack(@Data_Stack));
819 }
820 }
821
822 return $ok;
823}
824
825sub _format_stack {
826 my(@Stack) = @_;
827
828 my $var = '$FOO';
829 my $did_arrow = 0;
830 foreach my $entry (@Stack) {
831 my $type = $entry->{type} || '';
832 my $idx = $entry->{'idx'};
833 if( $type eq 'HASH' ) {
834 $var .= "->" unless $did_arrow++;
835 $var .= "{$idx}";
836 }
837 elsif( $type eq 'ARRAY' ) {
838 $var .= "->" unless $did_arrow++;
839 $var .= "[$idx]";
840 }
841 elsif( $type eq 'REF' ) {
842 $var = "\${$var}";
843 }
844 }
845
846 my @vals = @{$Stack[-1]{vals}}[0,1];
847 my @vars = ();
848 ($vars[0] = $var) =~ s/\$FOO/ \$got/;
849 ($vars[1] = $var) =~ s/\$FOO/\$expected/;
850
851 my $out = "Structures begin differing at:\n";
852 foreach my $idx (0..$#vals) {
853 my $val = $vals[$idx];
854 $vals[$idx] = !defined $val ? 'undef' :
855 $val eq $DNE ? "Does not exist" :
856 ref $val ? "$val" :
857 "'$val'";
858 }
859
860 $out .= "$vars[0] = $vals[0]\n";
861 $out .= "$vars[1] = $vals[1]\n";
862
863 $out =~ s/^/ /msg;
864 return $out;
865}
866
867
868sub _type {
869 my $thing = shift;
870
871 return '' if !ref $thing;
872
845d7e37 873 for my $type (qw(ARRAY HASH REF SCALAR GLOB CODE Regexp)) {
b1ddf169 874 return $type if UNIVERSAL::isa($thing, $type);
875 }
876
877 return '';
878}
879
880=back
881
882
883=head2 Diagnostics
884
885If you pick the right test function, you'll usually get a good idea of
886what went wrong when it failed. But sometimes it doesn't work out
887that way. So here we have ways for you to write your own diagnostic
888messages which are safer than just C<print STDERR>.
889
890=over 4
891
892=item B<diag>
893
894 diag(@diagnostic_message);
895
896Prints a diagnostic message which is guaranteed not to interfere with
897test output. Like C<print> @diagnostic_message is simply concatenated
898together.
899
900Handy for this sort of thing:
901
902 ok( grep(/foo/, @users), "There's a foo user" ) or
903 diag("Since there's no foo, check that /etc/bar is set up right");
904
905which would produce:
906
907 not ok 42 - There's a foo user
908 # Failed test 'There's a foo user'
909 # in foo.t at line 52.
910 # Since there's no foo, check that /etc/bar is set up right.
911
912You might remember C<ok() or diag()> with the mnemonic C<open() or
913die()>.
914
915B<NOTE> The exact formatting of the diagnostic output is still
916changing, but it is guaranteed that whatever you throw at it it won't
917interfere with the test.
918
919=cut
920
921sub diag {
922 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
923
924 $tb->diag(@_);
925}
926
927
928=back
929
930
3f2ec160 931=head2 Conditional tests
932
933Sometimes running a test under certain conditions will cause the
934test script to die. A certain function or method isn't implemented
935(such as fork() on MacOS), some resource isn't available (like a
d020a79a 936net connection) or a module isn't available. In these cases it's
937necessary to skip tests, or declare that they are supposed to fail
3f2ec160 938but will work in the future (a todo test).
939
a9153838 940For more details on the mechanics of skip and todo tests see
941L<Test::Harness>.
d020a79a 942
943The way Test::More handles this is with a named block. Basically, a
944block of tests which can be skipped over or made todo. It's best if I
945just show you...
3f2ec160 946
947=over 4
948
d020a79a 949=item B<SKIP: BLOCK>
950
951 SKIP: {
952 skip $why, $how_many if $condition;
3f2ec160 953
d020a79a 954 ...normal testing code goes here...
955 }
3f2ec160 956
a344be10 957This declares a block of tests that might be skipped, $how_many tests
958there are, $why and under what $condition to skip them. An example is
959the easiest way to illustrate:
3f2ec160 960
d020a79a 961 SKIP: {
a344be10 962 eval { require HTML::Lint };
3f2ec160 963
a344be10 964 skip "HTML::Lint not installed", 2 if $@;
d020a79a 965
a344be10 966 my $lint = new HTML::Lint;
60ffb308 967 isa_ok( $lint, "HTML::Lint" );
3f2ec160 968
a344be10 969 $lint->parse( $html );
60ffb308 970 is( $lint->errors, 0, "No errors found in HTML" );
a344be10 971 }
d020a79a 972
a344be10 973If the user does not have HTML::Lint installed, the whole block of
974code I<won't be run at all>. Test::More will output special ok's
975which Test::Harness interprets as skipped, but passing, tests.
0257f296 976
a344be10 977It's important that $how_many accurately reflects the number of tests
978in the SKIP block so the # of tests run will match up with your plan.
0257f296 979If your plan is C<no_plan> $how_many is optional and will default to 1.
a9153838 980
a344be10 981It's perfectly safe to nest SKIP blocks. Each SKIP block must have
982the label C<SKIP>, or Test::More can't work its magic.
a9153838 983
984You don't skip tests which are failing because there's a bug in your
a344be10 985program, or for which you don't yet have code written. For that you
986use TODO. Read on.
3f2ec160 987
988=cut
989
d020a79a 990#'#
1af51bd3 991sub skip {
d020a79a 992 my($why, $how_many) = @_;
b1ddf169 993 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
33459055 994
995 unless( defined $how_many ) {
d020a79a 996 # $how_many can only be avoided when no_plan is in use.
33459055 997 _carp "skip() needs to know \$how_many tests are in the block"
b1ddf169 998 unless $tb->has_plan eq 'no_plan';
d020a79a 999 $how_many = 1;
1000 }
1001
1be77ff7 1002 if( defined $how_many and $how_many =~ /\D/ ) {
1003 _carp "skip() was passed a non-numeric number of tests. Did you get the arguments backwards?";
1004 $how_many = 1;
1005 }
1006
d020a79a 1007 for( 1..$how_many ) {
b1ddf169 1008 $tb->skip($why);
d020a79a 1009 }
1010
1011 local $^W = 0;
1012 last SKIP;
3f2ec160 1013}
1014
3f2ec160 1015
d020a79a 1016=item B<TODO: BLOCK>
3f2ec160 1017
d020a79a 1018 TODO: {
a9153838 1019 local $TODO = $why if $condition;
3f2ec160 1020
d020a79a 1021 ...normal testing code goes here...
1022 }
3f2ec160 1023
d020a79a 1024Declares a block of tests you expect to fail and $why. Perhaps it's
1025because you haven't fixed a bug or haven't finished a new feature:
3f2ec160 1026
d020a79a 1027 TODO: {
1028 local $TODO = "URI::Geller not finished";
3f2ec160 1029
d020a79a 1030 my $card = "Eight of clubs";
1031 is( URI::Geller->your_card, $card, 'Is THIS your card?' );
3f2ec160 1032
d020a79a 1033 my $spoon;
1034 URI::Geller->bend_spoon;
1035 is( $spoon, 'bent', "Spoon bending, that's original" );
1036 }
1037
1038With a todo block, the tests inside are expected to fail. Test::More
1039will run the tests normally, but print out special flags indicating
1040they are "todo". Test::Harness will interpret failures as being ok.
1041Should anything succeed, it will report it as an unexpected success.
a344be10 1042You then know the thing you had todo is done and can remove the
1043TODO flag.
d020a79a 1044
1045The nice part about todo tests, as opposed to simply commenting out a
4bd4e70a 1046block of tests, is it's like having a programmatic todo list. You know
d020a79a 1047how much work is left to be done, you're aware of what bugs there are,
1048and you'll know immediately when they're fixed.
1049
1050Once a todo test starts succeeding, simply move it outside the block.
1051When the block is empty, delete it.
1052
30e302f8 1053B<NOTE>: TODO tests require a Test::Harness upgrade else it will
b1ddf169 1054treat it as a normal failure. See L<CAVEATS and NOTES>).
30e302f8 1055
d020a79a 1056
a9153838 1057=item B<todo_skip>
1058
1059 TODO: {
1060 todo_skip $why, $how_many if $condition;
1061
1062 ...normal testing code...
1063 }
1064
89c1e84a 1065With todo tests, it's best to have the tests actually run. That way
a9153838 1066you'll know when they start passing. Sometimes this isn't possible.
1067Often a failing test will cause the whole program to die or hang, even
1068inside an C<eval BLOCK> with and using C<alarm>. In these extreme
1069cases you have no choice but to skip over the broken tests entirely.
1070
1071The syntax and behavior is similar to a C<SKIP: BLOCK> except the
1072tests will be marked as failing but todo. Test::Harness will
1073interpret them as passing.
1074
1075=cut
1076
1077sub todo_skip {
1078 my($why, $how_many) = @_;
b1ddf169 1079 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
a9153838 1080
1081 unless( defined $how_many ) {
1082 # $how_many can only be avoided when no_plan is in use.
1083 _carp "todo_skip() needs to know \$how_many tests are in the block"
b1ddf169 1084 unless $tb->has_plan eq 'no_plan';
a9153838 1085 $how_many = 1;
1086 }
1087
1088 for( 1..$how_many ) {
b1ddf169 1089 $tb->todo_skip($why);
a9153838 1090 }
1091
1092 local $^W = 0;
1093 last TODO;
1094}
1095
a344be10 1096=item When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
1097
1098B<If it's something the user might not be able to do>, use SKIP.
1099This includes optional modules that aren't installed, running under
1100an OS that doesn't have some feature (like fork() or symlinks), or maybe
1101you need an Internet connection and one isn't available.
1102
1103B<If it's something the programmer hasn't done yet>, use TODO. This
1104is for any code you haven't written yet, or bugs you have yet to fix,
1105but want to put tests in your testing script (always a good idea).
1106
a9153838 1107
d020a79a 1108=back
3f2ec160 1109
3f2ec160 1110
b1ddf169 1111=head2 Test control
3f2ec160 1112
1113=over 4
1114
b1ddf169 1115=item B<BAIL_OUT>
33459055 1116
b1ddf169 1117 BAIL_OUT($reason);
33459055 1118
68938d83 1119Indicates to the harness that things are going so badly all testing
b1ddf169 1120should terminate. This includes the running any additional test scripts.
33459055 1121
b1ddf169 1122This is typically used when testing cannot continue such as a critical
1123module failing to compile or a necessary external utility not being
1124available such as a database connection failing.
33459055 1125
b1ddf169 1126The test will exit with 255.
33459055 1127
b1ddf169 1128=cut
33459055 1129
b1ddf169 1130sub BAIL_OUT {
1131 my $reason = shift;
1132 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
33459055 1133
b1ddf169 1134 $tb->BAIL_OUT($reason);
33459055 1135}
1136
b1ddf169 1137=back
0257f296 1138
1139
5143c659 1140=head2 Discouraged comparison functions
1141
1142The use of the following functions is discouraged as they are not
1143actually testing functions and produce no diagnostics to help figure
1144out what went wrong. They were written before is_deeply() existed
1145because I couldn't figure out how to display a useful diff of two
1146arbitrary data structures.
1147
1148These functions are usually used inside an ok().
1149
004caa16 1150 ok( eq_array(\@got, \@expected) );
5143c659 1151
1152C<is_deeply()> can do that better and with diagnostics.
1153
004caa16 1154 is_deeply( \@got, \@expected );
5143c659 1155
1156They may be deprecated in future versions.
1157
b1ddf169 1158=over 4
5143c659 1159
3f2ec160 1160=item B<eq_array>
1161
004caa16 1162 my $is_eq = eq_array(\@got, \@expected);
3f2ec160 1163
1164Checks if two arrays are equivalent. This is a deep check, so
1165multi-level structures are handled correctly.
1166
1167=cut
1168
1169#'#
7483b81c 1170sub eq_array {
1171 local @Data_Stack;
5143c659 1172 _deep_check(@_);
7483b81c 1173}
1174
1175sub _eq_array {
3f2ec160 1176 my($a1, $a2) = @_;
7483b81c 1177
0257f296 1178 if( grep !_type($_) eq 'ARRAY', $a1, $a2 ) {
7483b81c 1179 warn "eq_array passed a non-array ref";
1180 return 0;
1181 }
1182
3f2ec160 1183 return 1 if $a1 eq $a2;
1184
1185 my $ok = 1;
33459055 1186 my $max = $#$a1 > $#$a2 ? $#$a1 : $#$a2;
1187 for (0..$max) {
1188 my $e1 = $_ > $#$a1 ? $DNE : $a1->[$_];
1189 my $e2 = $_ > $#$a2 ? $DNE : $a2->[$_];
1190
1191 push @Data_Stack, { type => 'ARRAY', idx => $_, vals => [$e1, $e2] };
3f2ec160 1192 $ok = _deep_check($e1,$e2);
33459055 1193 pop @Data_Stack if $ok;
1194
3f2ec160 1195 last unless $ok;
1196 }
7483b81c 1197
3f2ec160 1198 return $ok;
1199}
1200
1201sub _deep_check {
1202 my($e1, $e2) = @_;
b1ddf169 1203 my $tb = Test::More->builder;
1204
3f2ec160 1205 my $ok = 0;
1206
5143c659 1207 # Effectively turn %Refs_Seen into a stack. This avoids picking up
1208 # the same referenced used twice (such as [\$a, \$a]) to be considered
1209 # circular.
1210 local %Refs_Seen = %Refs_Seen;
1211
d020a79a 1212 {
4bd4e70a 1213 # Quiet uninitialized value warnings when comparing undefs.
d020a79a 1214 local $^W = 0;
1215
b1ddf169 1216 $tb->_unoverload_str(\$e1, \$e2);
7483b81c 1217
1218 # Either they're both references or both not.
1219 my $same_ref = !(!ref $e1 xor !ref $e2);
5143c659 1220 my $not_ref = (!ref $e1 and !ref $e2);
7483b81c 1221
1222 if( defined $e1 xor defined $e2 ) {
1223 $ok = 0;
1224 }
1225 elsif ( $e1 == $DNE xor $e2 == $DNE ) {
1226 $ok = 0;
1227 }
1228 elsif ( $same_ref and ($e1 eq $e2) ) {
d020a79a 1229 $ok = 1;
3f2ec160 1230 }
5143c659 1231 elsif ( $not_ref ) {
1232 push @Data_Stack, { type => '', vals => [$e1, $e2] };
1233 $ok = 0;
1234 }
3f2ec160 1235 else {
5143c659 1236 if( $Refs_Seen{$e1} ) {
1237 return $Refs_Seen{$e1} eq $e2;
1238 }
1239 else {
1240 $Refs_Seen{$e1} = "$e2";
1241 }
1242
0257f296 1243 my $type = _type($e1);
5143c659 1244 $type = 'DIFFERENT' unless _type($e2) eq $type;
0257f296 1245
5143c659 1246 if( $type eq 'DIFFERENT' ) {
1247 push @Data_Stack, { type => $type, vals => [$e1, $e2] };
0257f296 1248 $ok = 0;
1249 }
1250 elsif( $type eq 'ARRAY' ) {
7483b81c 1251 $ok = _eq_array($e1, $e2);
d020a79a 1252 }
0257f296 1253 elsif( $type eq 'HASH' ) {
7483b81c 1254 $ok = _eq_hash($e1, $e2);
d020a79a 1255 }
0257f296 1256 elsif( $type eq 'REF' ) {
5143c659 1257 push @Data_Stack, { type => $type, vals => [$e1, $e2] };
33459055 1258 $ok = _deep_check($$e1, $$e2);
1259 pop @Data_Stack if $ok;
1260 }
0257f296 1261 elsif( $type eq 'SCALAR' ) {
33459055 1262 push @Data_Stack, { type => 'REF', vals => [$e1, $e2] };
1263 $ok = _deep_check($$e1, $$e2);
7483b81c 1264 pop @Data_Stack if $ok;
33459055 1265 }
845d7e37 1266 elsif( $type ) {
1267 push @Data_Stack, { type => $type, vals => [$e1, $e2] };
1268 $ok = 0;
1269 }
5143c659 1270 else {
1271 _whoa(1, "No type in _deep_check");
1272 }
3f2ec160 1273 }
1274 }
d020a79a 1275
3f2ec160 1276 return $ok;
1277}
1278
1279
5143c659 1280sub _whoa {
1281 my($check, $desc) = @_;
1282 if( $check ) {
1283 die <<WHOA;
1284WHOA! $desc
1285This should never happen! Please contact the author immediately!
1286WHOA
1287 }
1288}
1289
1290
3f2ec160 1291=item B<eq_hash>
1292
004caa16 1293 my $is_eq = eq_hash(\%got, \%expected);
3f2ec160 1294
1295Determines if the two hashes contain the same keys and values. This
1296is a deep check.
1297
1298=cut
1299
1300sub eq_hash {
7483b81c 1301 local @Data_Stack;
5143c659 1302 return _deep_check(@_);
7483b81c 1303}
1304
1305sub _eq_hash {
3f2ec160 1306 my($a1, $a2) = @_;
7483b81c 1307
0257f296 1308 if( grep !_type($_) eq 'HASH', $a1, $a2 ) {
7483b81c 1309 warn "eq_hash passed a non-hash ref";
1310 return 0;
1311 }
1312
3f2ec160 1313 return 1 if $a1 eq $a2;
1314
1315 my $ok = 1;
33459055 1316 my $bigger = keys %$a1 > keys %$a2 ? $a1 : $a2;
1317 foreach my $k (keys %$bigger) {
1318 my $e1 = exists $a1->{$k} ? $a1->{$k} : $DNE;
1319 my $e2 = exists $a2->{$k} ? $a2->{$k} : $DNE;
1320
1321 push @Data_Stack, { type => 'HASH', idx => $k, vals => [$e1, $e2] };
3f2ec160 1322 $ok = _deep_check($e1, $e2);
33459055 1323 pop @Data_Stack if $ok;
1324
3f2ec160 1325 last unless $ok;
1326 }
1327
1328 return $ok;
1329}
1330
1331=item B<eq_set>
1332
004caa16 1333 my $is_eq = eq_set(\@got, \@expected);
3f2ec160 1334
1335Similar to eq_array(), except the order of the elements is B<not>
1336important. This is a deep check, but the irrelevancy of order only
1337applies to the top level.
1338
004caa16 1339 ok( eq_set(\@got, \@expected) );
5143c659 1340
1341Is better written:
1342
004caa16 1343 is_deeply( [sort @got], [sort @expected] );
5143c659 1344
3c4b39be 1345B<NOTE> By historical accident, this is not a true set comparison.
60ffb308 1346While the order of elements does not matter, duplicate elements do.
1347
b1ddf169 1348B<NOTE> eq_set() does not know how to deal with references at the top
1349level. The following is an example of a comparison which might not work:
1350
1351 eq_set([\1, \2], [\2, \1]);
1352
5143c659 1353Test::Deep contains much better set comparison functions.
1354
3f2ec160 1355=cut
1356
3f2ec160 1357sub eq_set {
1358 my($a1, $a2) = @_;
1359 return 0 unless @$a1 == @$a2;
1360
1361 # There's faster ways to do this, but this is easiest.
7483b81c 1362 local $^W = 0;
1363
b1ddf169 1364 # It really doesn't matter how we sort them, as long as both arrays are
1365 # sorted with the same algorithm.
1366 #
1367 # Ensure that references are not accidentally treated the same as a
1368 # string containing the reference.
1369 #
7483b81c 1370 # Have to inline the sort routine due to a threading/sort bug.
1371 # See [rt.cpan.org 6782]
b1ddf169 1372 #
1373 # I don't know how references would be sorted so we just don't sort
1374 # them. This means eq_set doesn't really work with refs.
7483b81c 1375 return eq_array(
b1ddf169 1376 [grep(ref, @$a1), sort( grep(!ref, @$a1) )],
1377 [grep(ref, @$a2), sort( grep(!ref, @$a2) )],
7483b81c 1378 );
3f2ec160 1379}
1380
3f2ec160 1381=back
1382
d020a79a 1383
a9153838 1384=head2 Extending and Embedding Test::More
d020a79a 1385
a9153838 1386Sometimes the Test::More interface isn't quite enough. Fortunately,
1387Test::More is built on top of Test::Builder which provides a single,
1388unified backend for any test library to use. This means two test
1389libraries which both use Test::Builder B<can be used together in the
1390same program>.
1391
1392If you simply want to do a little tweaking of how the tests behave,
1393you can access the underlying Test::Builder object like so:
3f2ec160 1394
d020a79a 1395=over 4
1396
a9153838 1397=item B<builder>
d020a79a 1398
a9153838 1399 my $test_builder = Test::More->builder;
d020a79a 1400
a9153838 1401Returns the Test::Builder object underlying Test::More for you to play
1402with.
1403
d020a79a 1404
a9153838 1405=back
3f2ec160 1406
d020a79a 1407
30e302f8 1408=head1 EXIT CODES
1409
1410If all your tests passed, Test::Builder will exit with zero (which is
1411normal). If anything failed it will exit with how many failed. If
1412you run less (or more) tests than you planned, the missing (or extras)
1413will be considered failures. If no tests were ever run Test::Builder
1414will throw a warning and exit with 255. If the test died, even after
1415having successfully completed all its tests, it will still be
1416considered a failure and will exit with 255.
1417
1418So the exit codes are...
1419
1420 0 all tests successful
b1ddf169 1421 255 test died or all passed but wrong # of tests run
30e302f8 1422 any other number how many failed (including missing or extras)
1423
1424If you fail more than 254 tests, it will be reported as 254.
1425
5143c659 1426B<NOTE> This behavior may go away in future versions.
1427
30e302f8 1428
7483b81c 1429=head1 CAVEATS and NOTES
a9153838 1430
7483b81c 1431=over 4
d020a79a 1432
7483b81c 1433=item Backwards compatibility
1434
1435Test::More works with Perls as old as 5.004_05.
1436
1437
1438=item Overloaded objects
1439
b1ddf169 1440String overloaded objects are compared B<as strings> (or in cmp_ok()'s
1441case, strings or numbers as appropriate to the comparison op). This
1442prevents Test::More from piercing an object's interface allowing
1443better blackbox testing. So if a function starts returning overloaded
1444objects instead of bare strings your tests won't notice the
1445difference. This is good.
7483b81c 1446
1447However, it does mean that functions like is_deeply() cannot be used to
1448test the internals of string overloaded objects. In this case I would
1449suggest Test::Deep which contains more flexible testing functions for
1450complex data structures.
a9153838 1451
a9153838 1452
30e302f8 1453=item Threads
1454
1455Test::More will only be aware of threads if "use threads" has been done
1456I<before> Test::More is loaded. This is ok:
1457
1458 use threads;
1459 use Test::More;
1460
1461This may cause problems:
1462
1463 use Test::More
1464 use threads;
1465
b7f9bbeb 14665.8.1 and above are supported. Anything below that has too many bugs.
1467
d020a79a 1468
30e302f8 1469=item Test::Harness upgrade
3f2ec160 1470
d020a79a 1471no_plan and todo depend on new Test::Harness features and fixes. If
a9153838 1472you're going to distribute tests that use no_plan or todo your
1473end-users will have to upgrade Test::Harness to the latest one on
1474CPAN. If you avoid no_plan and TODO tests, the stock Test::Harness
1475will work fine.
d020a79a 1476
30e302f8 1477Installing Test::More should also upgrade Test::Harness.
d020a79a 1478
1479=back
3f2ec160 1480
3f2ec160 1481
1482=head1 HISTORY
1483
1484This is a case of convergent evolution with Joshua Pritikin's Test
4bd4e70a 1485module. I was largely unaware of its existence when I'd first
3f2ec160 1486written my own ok() routines. This module exists because I can't
1487figure out how to easily wedge test names into Test's interface (along
1488with a few other problems).
1489
1490The goal here is to have a testing utility that's simple to learn,
1491quick to use and difficult to trip yourself up with while still
1492providing more flexibility than the existing Test.pm. As such, the
1493names of the most common routines are kept tiny, special cases and
1494magic side-effects are kept to a minimum. WYSIWYG.
1495
1496
1497=head1 SEE ALSO
1498
1499L<Test::Simple> if all this confuses you and you just want to write
89c1e84a 1500some tests. You can upgrade to Test::More later (it's forward
3f2ec160 1501compatible).
1502
a9153838 1503L<Test> is the old testing module. Its main benefit is that it has
1504been distributed with Perl since 5.004_05.
3f2ec160 1505
1506L<Test::Harness> for details on how your test results are interpreted
1507by Perl.
1508
30e302f8 1509L<Test::Differences> for more ways to test complex data structures.
1510And it plays well with Test::More.
1511
1512L<Test::Class> is like XUnit but more perlish.
1513
1514L<Test::Deep> gives you more powerful complex data structure testing.
1515
1516L<Test::Unit> is XUnit style testing.
3f2ec160 1517
4bd4e70a 1518L<Test::Inline> shows the idea of embedded testing.
3f2ec160 1519
30e302f8 1520L<Bundle::Test> installs a whole bunch of useful test modules.
3f2ec160 1521
4bd4e70a 1522
1523=head1 AUTHORS
1524
a9153838 1525Michael G Schwern E<lt>schwern@pobox.comE<gt> with much inspiration
1526from Joshua Pritikin's Test module and lots of help from Barrie
7483b81c 1527Slaymaker, Tony Bowden, blackstar.co.uk, chromatic, Fergal Daly and
1528the perl-qa gang.
1529
1530
1531=head1 BUGS
1532
1533See F<http://rt.cpan.org> to report and view bugs.
4bd4e70a 1534
1535
1536=head1 COPYRIGHT
1537
004caa16 1538Copyright 2001-2002, 2004-2006 by Michael G Schwern E<lt>schwern@pobox.comE<gt>.
4bd4e70a 1539
004caa16 1540This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
4bd4e70a 1541modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
1542
a9153838 1543See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
4bd4e70a 1544
3f2ec160 1545=cut
1546
15471;