The idea comes from http://stuartsierra.com/2009/01/18/tests-are-code. It's a neat idea, probably best suited for functional programming where one-liners are the norm and not the exception. BUT ... I think we could do it in Perl. Something like:
use Test::With;
sub foo : WithTests( 2 ) {
my ($x, $y) = @_;
return $x + y;
} with_test {
cmp_ok( foo( 4, 3 ), '==', 7 );
cmp_ok( foo( -6, 2 ), '==', -4 );
};
I'm not even sure if that syntax will work, but it looks appealing. :-)
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