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How to export subs in a bin/script for testing in t/00.tby leocharre (Priest) |
on Feb 26, 2010 at 15:30 UTC ( [id://825537]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
leocharre has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: I have a small package that's just a command- it just contains a bin/script- a makefile, a readme, etc. The bin/script defines subroutines. I want to test these subroutines. The usual kill here, is to move the subs into lib/Module.pm. And t/00.t will use lib './lib' and test out subs in Module.pm. great. What if I don't want to move subs from bin/script into lib/Module.pm for testing? How can I use bin/script's subroutine definitions to use inside t/00.t, without running bin/script entirely??? I thought of maybe declaring a package inside bin/script, aside of main. But then, main will still run. Makes sense. ( Pseudo code follows.. This is an example bin/script ) Great. I need to test make_fun_of() in my t/00.t ..
Obviously, this is not going to work. So, how can I code bin/script in a way that allows it to.. I suppose optionally act a perl lib. Ideally, this would be done by declaring a separate package inside bin/script, one that's not in main. And t/00.t would somehow call that, and ignore main inside bin/script.. ??? (Sorry about the verbosity- I'm having difficulty asking the question.) My main interest is that I want to keep the code in this one file, but I also want to test parts of it. Is this too greedy on my part and should I just forget it ( as in this is a waste of time ) ?
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