Is there a test harness that doesn't suck? Any thoughts on a custom built test harness that is badly written in Java? Any test harness gripes? How difficult is it for you to stop coding so that your test meets the harness as seemlessly as the harness will allow?

Clarification on that last one: you have to not code your own test harness since you already have one provided for you. Sometimes I just start coding harness functionality without thinking about it, and I have to stop myself.

Any gripes on limitations of your test harness? Dopey scenario sytax? Ridiculous work arounds you've had to do?

I'm integrating my stuff into our test harness now, and I'm not happy with the harness we're using. {groan}

Update:

I'm not talking about the Perl module Test::Harness. I amtalking about the concept of test harnesses, in general. You know, like Silk Test or LoadRunner, but more specifically, in-house custom-built test harnesses with which you are forced to work. Also, I'm not looking for help, that is why I posted in Meditations, not Seeking Wisdom.

I can see how the confusion started that I might have been talking about CPAN's Test::Harness, but I wasn't, and I've never used it. Anyhoo, my original questions still stand. Any meditations on those?

In reply to Test Harnesses (in general) -- Meditation of Dissatisfaction by jffry

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