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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>All we are doing at the
moment is finding out what the state of each module is – that is probably
best done by the more experienced guys for the very reason that the code listed
below doesn’t actually test anything<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For the record<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The first line is a BEGIN
block which get’s performed before anything else <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>$| = 1;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sets up autoflushing
whenever you output something to stderr (i.e. stops it buffering output)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>print “1..1\n”;
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>prints out 1..1 to stdout
which is expected by the test harness and means run 1 test out of a total of 1 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Surprisingly END { ….
} is the converse of a BEGIN block and gets executed after everything else<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It will print out “not
ok 1” is the variable $loaded is not a true value (which it always wil be
because it is set to 1 explicitly – so the END block will never do
anything<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Next it prints “ok
1” which tells Test::Harness that test 1 worked although iot never
actually runs any tests<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So, basically, this is a stub—with
no tests defined and just outputs enough to keep Test::Harness quiet<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tony </span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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miltonkeynes-pm-bounces+tony.edwardson=commerzbank.com@pm.org
[mailto:miltonkeynes-pm-bounces+tony.edwardson=commerzbank.com@pm.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gavin Westwood<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 20, 2007
2:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> miltonkeynes-pm@pm.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Coding Together</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 20/12/2007 10:33,
Edwardson, Tony wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As
discussed the other night, we probably want to check out the 4 modules to see :-<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:71.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What testing already
exists<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:71.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What the testing coverage
is like<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:71.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What needs to be done<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:71.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How hard it is likely to
be<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tom has
volunteered to do this for Log::Dispatch, I’ll investigate </span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>Apache2::AuthCookieDBI, so can I suggest that Olie looks at
Perl::Metrics::Simple and Peter looks at ExtUtils::MakeMaker.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
How about the three of us who are learning? Should we each hook up with one
of yourselves?<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>A
quick look at Apache2::AuthCookieDBI reveals a very complicated test suite as
follows :-<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>BEGIN
{ $| = 1; print "1..1\n"; }<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>END
{print "not ok 1\n" unless $loaded;}<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>#
use Apache::AuthCookieDBI; # commented; can't really run this without Apache<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>$loaded
= 1;<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>print
"ok 1\n";<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>and
that is it !</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
Ok, I don't get the first line, and the second one looks out of place (but a
quick google confirmed what I thought that it would get run at the end of the
procedure), but from what I can see this will always print "ok 1"?<br>
<br>
Gavin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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