A comon pattern I find in my testing code is

my @dieings;
my @warnings;
my $rc;

eval {
  local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {push @warnings, @_};
  local $SIG{__DIE__ } = sub {push @dieings , @_};

  $rc = $obj->method(@params);
}

is(@warnings, $expectedWarningCount, 'correct number of warnings raise
+d');
like(shift(@warnings), qr/expected pattern of first warning/, 'first w
+arning message correct');
like(shift(@warnings), qr/expected pattern of second warning/, 'second
+ warning message correct');
...
is(@dieings, $expectedDeathCount, 'correct number of deaths raised');
like(shift(@dieings), qr/expected pattern of first death/, 'first deat
+h message correct');
...
is($rc, $expectReturnValue, 'method returned required value');
# or, if method returns an object
isa_ok($rc, 'Expect::Class', 'received expected class');
...

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In reply to Re^3: too much testing? by leriksen
in thread too much testing? by geektron

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