Hi all,

I'm looking for techniques to provide debug output from a TODO test running with Test::More.

What I want to do is output an additional message when a TODO test starts passing, to remind me to take some action. I can get the message to print with diag() when running in verbose mode, but not otherwise.

use Test::More tests => 2;

TODO: {
    local $TODO = ' ';
    is(1,1,'Inside') and diag 'In';
}

is(1,1,'Outside') and diag 'Out';
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Output under verbose:

$ prove -lrv foo.t
foo.t .. 
1..2
ok 1 - Inside # TODO  
# In
ok 2 - Outside
# Out
ok
All tests successful.

Test Summary Report
-------------------
foo.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 2 Failed: 0)
  TODO passed:   1
Files=1, Tests=2,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.00 sys +  0.01 cusr 
+ 0.00 csys =  0.03 CPU)
Result: PASS
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Output without verbose:

$ prove -lr foo.t
foo.t .. 1/2 # Out
foo.t .. ok   
All tests successful.

Test Summary Report
-------------------
foo.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 2 Failed: 0)
  TODO passed:   1
Files=1, Tests=2,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr  0.00 sys +  0.02 cusr 
+ 0.00 csys =  0.04 CPU)
Result: PASS
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I know that Test::More clones STDOUT and STDERR and other black magic ... but is there any way to accomplish what I want?

Thanks in advance!

Note:

• The problem is compounded when the order of tests is reversed, as the diag() messages and test results seem to print out of order, under verbose:

  use Test::More tests => 3;
  
  is(1,1,'Outside') and diag 'Out';
  
  TODO: {
      local $TODO = ' ';
      is(1,1,'Inside') and diag 'In';
  }
  
  is(1,1,'Back Outside') and diag 'Out Again';
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  Output without verbose:

  $ prove -lr foo.t
  foo.t .. 1/3 # Out
  # Out Again
  foo.t .. ok   
  All tests successful.
  [download]

  Output with verbose:

  $ prove -lrv foo.t
  foo.t .. 
  1..3
  ok 1 - Outside
  ok 2 - Inside # TODO  
  # In
  ok 3 - Back Outside
  # Out
  # Out Again
  ok
  All tests successful.
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