in reply to Re: getting Test::More test names to print out
in thread getting Test::More test names to print out

prompt does not write to STDERR... it therefore prints nothing when used with make test.

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Re: Re: Re: getting Test::More test names to print out
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Jan 04, 2004 at 02:23 UTC
    The reason you should use MakeMaker's prompt function is because it detects that it is not running interactively ... $default will be used without prompting. This prevents automated processes from blocking on user input.". Prompting from tests is just not a good idea, and prompting on STDERR is not a fix (just screws up automated testing).

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