NAME
ExtUtils::TBone - a "skeleton" for writing "t/*.t" test files.
SYNOPSIS
Include a copy of this module in your t directory (as
t/ExtUtils/TBone.pm), and then write your t/*.t files like this:
use lib "./t"; # to pick up a ExtUtils::TBone
use ExtUtils::TBone;
# Make a tester... here are 3 different alternatives:
my $T = typical ExtUtils::TBone; # standard log
my $T = new ExtUtils::TBone; # no log
my $T = new ExtUtils::TBone "testout/Foo.tlog"; # explicit log
# Begin testing, and expect 3 tests in all:
$T->begin(3); # expect 3 tests
$T->msg("Something for the log file"); # message for the log
# Run some tests:
$T->ok($this); # test 1: no real info logged
$T->ok($that, # test 2: logs a comment
"Is that ok, or isn't it?");
$T->ok(($this eq $that), # test 3: logs comment + vars
"Do they match?",
This => $this,
That => $that);
# That last one could have also been written...
$T->ok_eq($this, $that); # does 'eq' and logs operands
$T->ok_eqnum($this, $that); # does '==' and logs operands
# End testing:
$T->end;
DESCRIPTION
This module is intended for folks who release CPAN modules with "t/*.t"
tests. It makes it easy for you to output syntactically correct test-
output while at the same time logging all test activity to a log file.
Hopefully, bug reports which include the contents of this file will be
easier for you to investigate.
AUTHOR
Eryq; President, Zero G Inc.
[email protected] /
http://www.zeegee.com.
