Re^2: Toggling test plans with vim


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Re^2: Toggling test plans with vim

by Hofmator (Curate)

on Aug 09, 2006 at 11:11 UTC ( [id://566378]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Counting your tests protects you against unexpected die-ing in your testscript. With no_plan Test::Harness doesn't know how many tests to expect so it can't tell you when you exited prematurely.

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Re^3: Toggling test plans with vim (!die)
by tye (Sage) on Aug 09, 2006 at 14:34 UTC

dieing exits with a non-zero exit status and so will be caught by Test::Harness. But it is possible, if unlikely, for a test to exit early in such a way that without a plan Test::Harness won't notice the problem.

I always use a plan more because I want to notice when a different number of tests gets run, such as due to a bug I've introduced into the *.t file or a loop not running the same number of iterations.

Not that I get this whole "ok 6" idea for a test suite. I'd rather output results, include the correct output, and assert that the generated output matches the correct output.

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