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All tests should have descriptions.
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James E Keenan
<jkeenan@cpan.org>
Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:49:03 +0000
(21:49 -0400)
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James E Keenan
<jkeenan@cpan.org>
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:46:42 +0000
(08:46 -0600)
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Schwern has promised to donate to $500 to TPF. We may need volunteers to
hold him upside down and shake vigorously in order to actually extract the
cash.
hold him upside down and shake vigorously in order to actually extract the
cash.
+=head2 Write descriptions for all tests
+
+Many individual tests in the test suite lack descriptions (or names, or labels
+-- call them what you will). Many files completely lack descriptions, meaning
+that the only output you get is the test numbers. If all tests had
+descriptions, understanding what the tests are testing and why they sometimes
+fail would both get a whole lot easier.
+
=head2 Improve the coverage of the core tests
Use Devel::Cover to ascertain the core modules' test coverage, then add
=head2 Improve the coverage of the core tests
Use Devel::Cover to ascertain the core modules' test coverage, then add