Re: Asking questions in 'make test'

From: Jim Keenan (jkeen_via_google_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/27/04

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    Stephen Patterson <s.patterson@freeuk.com> wrote in message news:<slrncgb6eu.ei1.s.patterson@seagoon.localdomain>...
    > I've written a perl module which needs some information from the user
    > to pass 'make test', I'm just wondering if there's a relatively
    > standard way of prompting the user for info that would cooperate
    > neatly with the Test::Foo series of modules.

    I agree with Jonathan. When I go to install a module from CPAN, I
    want it to "just work." As an aspect of Laziness, I don't want to
    spend time answering questions about the module -- and I dread
    thinking how CPAN.pm or CPANPLUS would approach that problem.

    Perhaps the questions you would like to pose should be framed as
    options available to the user during the module's actual operation. A
    thorough test suite would then be one that tested all the options.

    You might want to post the questions you want to ask and see if
    readers of this list can sketch alternative solutions.

    jimk

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