Test::Harness 2.47_01

I just uploaded the new Test::Harness. It now captures diagnostics. We also have the TAP docs greatly expanded, plus examples. The uploaded file Test-Harness-2.47_01.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-Harness-2.47_01.tar.gz size: 63132 bytes md5: ff

Re: Foreign modules in test scripts?

On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 02:12:26AM +0100, Steffen Schwigon wrote: > Is it ok for a CPAN module to use other modules from CPAN only for the > test scripts (e.g. "Text::Diff")? Up to you. The way I look at it, if you have one dependency it doesn't hurt to have another. Either they're using a CPAN

Re: Junction Values

Damian~ On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:29:40 +1100, Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicholas Clark wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 07:41:16PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote: > > > > Given this: > > > > > >> my $x = set(1..3); > >> my $y = set(1,3,5,7,9); > >> my $n =

Re: Junction Values

On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 10:46:15PM +0100, Eirik Berg Hanssen wrote: > Eirik Berg Hanssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>$re1 = /^ <-[x]>* x <-[x]>* $/; # match a string with exactly one 'x' > >>$re2 = /^ <-[y]>* y <-[y]>* $/; # ditto 'y' > >>$

Re: Junction Values

Eirik Berg Hanssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Eirik Berg Hanssen wrote: >> >>>Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: $re1 = /^ <-[x]>* x <-[x]>* $/; # match a string with exactly one 'x' in it. $re2 = /^ <-[y]>* y <-[y]>* $/; # dit

Re: Junction Values

Nicholas Clark wrote: On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 07:41:16PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote: Given this: my $x = set(1..3); my $y = set(1,3,5,7,9); my $n = 2; $x | $y # set(1,2,3,5,7,9) $x & $y # set(1,3) $x - $y # set(2) !$x

Re: Junction Values

> "NC" == Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NC> On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 07:41:16PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote: NC> Given this: >> my $x = set(1..3); >> my $y = set(1,3,5,7,9); >> my $n = 2; >> >> $x | $y # set(1,2,3,5,7,9) >> $x & $y # set(1,3) >> $x - $y

Re: Junction Values

Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eirik Berg Hanssen wrote: > >>Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> >>>$re1 = /^ <-[x]>* x <-[x]>* $/; # match a string with exactly one >>>'x' in it. >>>$re2 = /^ <-[y]>* y <-[y]>* $/; # ditto 'y' >>>$re3 = /^ <-[z]>* z <-[z]>* $/; #

Re: Junction Values

On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 07:41:16PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote: Given this: > my $x = set(1..3); > my $y = set(1,3,5,7,9); > my $n = 2; > > $x | $y # set(1,2,3,5,7,9) > $x & $y # set(1,3) > $x - $y # set(2) > !$x

Re: Junction Values

Eirik Berg Hanssen wrote: Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: $re1 = /^ <-[x]>* x <-[x]>* $/; # match a string with exactly one 'x' in it. $re2 = /^ <-[y]>* y <-[y]>* $/; # ditto 'y' $re3 = /^ <-[z]>* z <-[z]>* $/; # ditto 'z' $re7 = none($re1, $re2, $re3); # matches if ther

Re: Junction Values

Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > $re1 = /^ <-[x]>* x <-[x]>* $/; # match a string with exactly one > 'x' in it. > $re2 = /^ <-[y]>* y <-[y]>* $/; # ditto 'y' > $re3 = /^ <-[z]>* z <-[z]>* $/; # ditto 'z' > $re7 = none($re1, $re2, $re3); # matches if there are 0 or 2+ of

Pugs 6.0.8

Pugs 6.0.8 has been release to a CPAN near you. In three day's time, the newly assembled Pugs team implemented many changes: * New example code snippet: examples/quicksort.p6 * Unit tests ported from th Perl5 tree. (alin, juerd) * Hashes, Pairs and their access methods. * Much more robust casting

Re: Junction Values

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 03:17:19 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Adams) wrote: > --020209010404060902000407 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Nigel Sandever wrote: > > >On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:42:36 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Online testing course materials

While not exactly Perl related Cem Kaner & James Bach are in the process of putting up all of the course material for their "Black Box Software Testing". Lots of interesting material. for those who've not come across it already. Cheers, Adrian

Re: Set sigils (was: Re: Junction Values)

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 01:43:57PM -0800, Ashley Winters wrote: > Instead of primary sigils, what about secondary sigils on an array to > mark it as an unordered set? > > @|foo = any > @&foo = all > @^foo = one # can arrays be curried arguments? hmm > @!foo = none > > After all, why should scal

Re: Junction Values

Damian Conway wrote: Rod Adams asked: > This sound reasonable enough? Frankly, no. ;-) Sorry, but your latest proposal sounds complex, multiply special-cased, and way too much of an imposition on the programmer (which is specifically what junctions are supposed to avoid). Funny. I thought it was

Re: Junction Values

Nigel Sandever wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:42:36 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damian Conway) wrote: The Awesome Power of Junctions: As I tried to express elsehwere, this what I'm looking for. Instinctively, and for a long time since I first came across Q::S, I thought that the "killer app" o

Re: Junction Values

Rod Adams asked: > This sound reasonable enough? Frankly, no. ;-) Sorry, but your latest proposal sounds complex, multiply special-cased, and way too much of an imposition on the programmer (which is specifically what junctions are supposed to avoid). I'm going to continue to strongly recommend

Re: Junction Values

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:42:36 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damian Conway) wrote: > the Awesome Power of Junctions: As I tried to express elsehwere, this what I'm looking for. Instinctively, and for a long time since I first came across Q::S, I thought that the "killer app" of Junctions is there so