I'm trying to convert some existing home grown test scripts for an API to Test::Unit style tests. The way things were originally set up it makes sense in the new Test::Unit::TestCase's to do most of the set up once only and then have that fixture apply without modification to each test.

It seems that making use of Test::Unit::Setup would allow me to do that; call a single fixture set_up() once, before running the first test, then run all the tests and have a single tear_down at the end.

However, the documentation that comes with Test::Unit::Setup is sparse and contains not a single example of use. I can't make heads or tails of it.

Might there be another perl monk out that there that can give me a pointer (possible a baby example even) of how to incorporate a Test::Unit::Setup into a Test::Unit::TestCase?

advthanksance,

DrWhy

update: Just a couple of typos fixed

In reply to How do I use Test::Unit::Setup? by DrWhy

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