TAPx::Harness::Compatible 0.50_07

TAPx::Harness::Compatible is a Perl class that allows you to run Perl standard test scripts with statistics.

SYNOPSIS

use TAPx::Harness::Compatible;

runtests(@test_files);

STOP! If all you want to do is write a test script, consider using Test::Simple. TAPx::Harness::Compatible is the module that reads the output from Test::Simple, Test::More and other modules based on Test::Builder. You don't need to know about TAPx::Harness::Compatible to use those modules.

TAPx::Harness::Compatible runs tests and expects output from the test in a certain format. That format is called TAP, the Test Anything Protocol. It is defined in TAPx::Harness::Compatible::TAP.

TAPx::Harness::Compatible::runtests(@tests) runs all the testscripts named as arguments and checks standard output for the expected strings in TAP format.

The prove utility is a thin wrapper around TAPx::Harness::Compatible.

Taint mode

TAPx::Harness::Compatible will honor the -T or -t in the #! line on your test files. So if you begin a test with:

#!perl -T

the test will be run with taint mode on.

Configuration variables.

These variables can be used to configure the behavior of TAPx::Harness::Compatible. They are exported on request.

$TAPx::Harness::Compatible::Verbose

The package variable $TAPx::Harness::Compatible::Verbose is exportable and can be used to let runtests() display the standard output of the script without altering the behavior otherwise. The prove utility's -v flag will set this.

$TAPx::Harness::Compatible::switches

The package variable $TAPx::Harness::Compatible::switches is exportable and can be used to set perl command line options used for running the test script(s). The default value is -w. It overrides HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES.

$TAPx::Harness::Compatible::Timer

If set to true, and Time::HiRes is available, print elapsed seconds after each test file.

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· Perl