Hello, I would like to release a Refute or perhaps Refute::Contract module to CPAN. I used to name it Test::Refute or Test::Contract, but it's not actually a test module anymore.
A refute( $reason, $comment ) is an inverted assertion: if $reason is a false value, it is assumed to pass; otherwise it fails, and the exact reason is already there! A $contract object represents a set of refutations and possibly other things (execution plan, sidenotes, subcontracts, etc). A contract is either fulfilled (refutations match plan), or failed. One can view a contract as a Test::More-based script encapsulated for being executed and queried inside production code. This setup allows for very easy building of arbitrarily complex assertions, err, refutations. For instance, is_deeply() can be recreated by simply passing a recursive diff of two structures to refute(). Now to the subject. Would it be fine to take up a whole top-level namespace, or should I stick to a humbler naming scheme like Assert::Refute? If I do take a namespace, what should I do aside from being concerned and posting here? Thank you, -- Konstantin S. Uvarin skype: kuvarin http://github.com/dallaylaen
