Re: [Perlunit-devel] DEBUG breaks tests

[Piers C. <pdc...@bo...>]

Adam Spiers <ad...@sp...> writes:

> Enabling DEBUG in T::U::Assert breaks the try_examples.t test, because
> of the
> 
>     print "Calling $assertion\n" if DEBUG;
> 
> in T::U::Assert::assert().
> 
> I haven't checked the effects of enabling other DEBUGs.

I wouldn't be surprised if they break other tests (at least those
tests that look at program output.)

> Any ideas what to do about it?

Well, there's the somewhat brutal idea of removing all the DEBUG stuff
and using Aspect::Trace to track program execution as and when we need
it. 

However, the immediate step should probably be to change 'print' to
'warn' for all the 'if DEBUG' clauses...

-- 
Piers

   "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
    possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
         -- Jane Austen?