Re^3: Stupidest Prime Number detector ever!! [*.t naming convention]

G'day AnomalousMonk,

"The naming convention for SomeModule.pm test code is SomeModule.t. This is not enforced in any way, but it's what everyone expects."

I have never encountered that convention — where have you seen it? I certainly wouldn't expect it; I've mostly seen test files starting with numbers and are all lowercase (e.g. nn-name.t).

A t/ directory I'd create for an OO module might look something like:

00-load.t         # test 'use'
01-instantiate.t  # test 'new()'
02-some_func.t    # test 'some_func()'
...               # and so on ...
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And, as a real world example, here's part of the output of make test for a $work module I ran in the last hour:

t/00-load.t ............... ok
t/01-instantiate.t ........ ok
t/02-overload.t ........... ok
t/03-validation.t ......... ok
...
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Just in case I was having a sudden, and unexpected, mental breakdown, I checked a few arbitrary, but well-known, CPAN modules' t/ directories:

Module	Repo `t/`
Text::CSV	https://github.com/makamaka/Text-CSV/tree/master/t
JSON	https://github.com/makamaka/JSON/tree/master/t
DBI	https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/tree/master/t
XML::LibXML	https://github.com/shlomif/perl-XML-LibXML/tree/master/t

As you can see, for the most part they all follow the same basic naming convention (i.e. number, name, .t). There are a few exceptions (e.g. pod.t) but there are none that look like your SomeModule.t.

— Ken

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Re^4: Stupidest Prime Number detector ever!! [*.t naming convention] by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jun 24, 2021 at 10:48 UTC
> I have never encountered that convention — where have you seen it? I certainly wouldn't expect it; I've mostly seen test files starting with numbers and are all lowercase (e.g. nn-name.t). Yes. Strongly agree. Here's another convention I'm sure you'd expect and approve of: convert a haiku (three lines of 5-7-5 syllables) into the test names, so as to entertain the bored tester (or AI robot) by gradually revealing an inspiring haiku as the test suite runs. For example, this haiku: Coffee mug shatters Larry Apocalyptic Parrot not a hoax Gallop Ponie bold! Beer to gulp, Buffy astride Orange sky surrounds can be easily converted into a CPAN test suite to display: `t/00_Coffee.t ....... ok t/01_mug.t .......... ok t/02_shatters.t ..... ok t/03_Larry.t ........ ok t/04_Apocalyptic.t .. ok t/05_Parrot.t ....... ok t/06_not.t .......... ok t/07_a.t ............ ok t/08_hoax.t ......... ok t/09_Gallop.t ....... ok t/10_Ponie.t ........ ok t/11_bold.t ......... ok t/12_Beer.t ......... ok t/13_to.t ........... ok t/14_gulp.t ......... ok t/15_Buffy.t ........ ok t/16_astride.t ...... ok t/17_Orange.t ....... ok t/18_sky.t .......... ok t/19_surrounds.t .... ok` [download] What? I'm the only one using that convention? Really? Seeing it again after so many years, it's looking a bit dated, composed during the early Perl 6 era, and heavily influenced by London.pm culture I see. Probably should compose a new one.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Stupidest Prime Number detector ever!! [*.t naming convention] by choroba (Cardinal) on Jun 24, 2021 at 12:34 UTC
> I have never encountered that convention — where have you seen it? Interestingly, we use it at work for 1K+ libraries that drive our product. `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]