I'm suggesting (as I think your conclusion supports) that if you have to abuse your API to test the possibilities that your code should support, you have a mismatch somewhere.

Well, if you want to support Foo::new() then it would not be abusing the API, it would be testing a feature. If you want to punish those who abuse your API, then I think it is appropriate to test it for the error/exception.

However, if test it because you just want 100% coverage, then you probably just need to relax.

I guess my feeling is that I want to punish those who abuse my API, maybe that is not so perl-ish, and maybe its a little control-freaky, but I like knowing that my module will perform as expected under both intended and unintended conditions.

-stvn

In reply to Re^4: Is "ref($class) || $class" a bad thing? by stvn
in thread Is "ref($class) || $class" a bad thing? by stvn

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