# foo.pl use strict; use warnings; use Log::Log4perl; my $conf = qq( log4perl.category.Script = INFO, ScreenAppender log4perl.appender.ScreenAppender = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen log4perl.appender.ScreenAppender.layout = PatternLayout log4perl.appender.ScreenAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%p] %d %M %F:%L - %m%n ); Log::Log4perl::init( \$conf ); my $log = Log::Log4perl::->get_logger(q(Script)); # Add two numbers, no larger than 32 each sub add { my ($i, $j) = @_; $log->logdie("type error") unless ($i and $j and $i =~ m/^\d+/ and $j =~ m/^\d+/); $log->warn("possible overflow") unless ($i < 2**5 and $j < 2**5); return $i + $j; } # When testing: Disable all logging, # When not testing: call add() caller() ? Log::Log4perl->appender_thresholds_adjust(7) : print add(@ARGV); 1; __END__ #### # foo.t use strict; use warnings; use Test::More qw/no_plan/; use Test::Exception; require_ok(q{foo.pl}); # ------ negative tests for add() ------ throws_ok { add(); } qr/error/i, q{Expect error when no args}; throws_ok { add('a'); } qr/error/i, q{Expect error with non-numeric input}; throws_ok { add('a1'); } qr/error/i, q{Expect error with non-numeric input}; throws_ok { add(1,'b'); } qr/error/i, q{Expect error with non-numeric input}; throws_ok { add(1,'b1'); } qr/error/i, q{Expect error with non-numeric input}; # ------ positive tests for add() ------ cmp_ok(add(2,2), q{==}, 4, q{Expect 2+2=4}); # Note: I want a warning here: cmp_ok(add(1000,1000), q{==}, 2000, q{Expect 1000+1000=2000}); __END__ #### $ prove --version TAP::Harness v3.10 and Perl v5.10.0 $ prove foo.t foo......ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=8, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr 0.00 sys + 0.08 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.10 CPU) Result: PASS