I was writing some tests today, and used a construct I'm absolutely sure I've used before
$self->assert($case =~ /test text/, "warning message here");

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I was perplexed, because this test was passing, even when a test further down the line revealed that it should have failed.

Eventually I changed it to:
my $result = $case =~ /test text/;
$self->assert($result, "warning message");

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And all was well. Must be something to do with the list context of the match in a failure case returning nothing, and the tested argument being the warning message. Is there a better way to avoid this? Is there a better way to test things like this? I've left my last job, and, as I say, I'm sure I've left UXBs of this kind there.

In reply to Trap in Test::Unit::Assert? Avoidance by Jasper

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