Path to prove

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Re: Path to prove by pryrt (Abbot) on Dec 19, 2023 at 00:16 UTC
assuming you are in the . directory, your tests are the default `t/.t` , and your module lives as `lib/AI/Embedding.pm` , then `prove -l` ~~lib~~ If you have XS binaries (I haven't looked at AI::Embedding, so I don't know), then you may need to build it first (which puts modules in `blib/lib` ), and then use `prove -b` ~~blib~~ prove describes all of these options, and more. And if you're using a standard build system, then the standard incantation `perl Makefile.PL make make test` [download] (or your build system's equivalent incantation) will also make use of your in-progress copy rather than a previously installed. edit 1: standard incantation* edit 2: remove ambiguous sentence full-stop in first paragraph, because it looked like part of the prove command, when it wasn't intended to edit 3: strike out `lib` and `blib` : per Re^3: Path to prove and Re^4: Path to prove, `-l` and `-b` options do not take arguments; use the `-I path` argument if you need to specify a specific directory.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Path to prove by Bod (Parson) on Dec 19, 2023 at 00:59 UTC
then `prove -l lib` I was clearly having a senior moment... I tried the -l switch but added lib\AI Thank you	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Path to prove by 1nickt (Canon) on Dec 19, 2023 at 10:08 UTC
FYI the default value for `-l` is `lib/` so the value doesn't have to be specified if that's where your libs live. `-l` is like `-Ilib`. Hope this helps! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Path to prove by Bod (Parson) on Dec 19, 2023 at 15:22 UTC
Re^4: Path to prove by pryrt (Abbot) on Dec 19, 2023 at 15:45 UTC
Re: Path to prove by SankoR (Prior) on Dec 19, 2023 at 00:14 UTC
You could add your project's lib directory to the front of @INC with `use lib ...;` in the test files themselves. I'd go with the relative path.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Path to prove by etj (Priest) on Dec 21, 2024 at 16:11 UTC
I use `prove -b` in PDL's `make coretest` target, but the most idiomatic way in your situation (where you don't have vast numbers of things to build that you want to limit) is `make test`.	[reply]