Hi,
I'm not very strong on these Test::* modules. Here's the demo script (that should run on any machine that has Test::More and Test::Class installed): 
package MyTest;
use warnings;
use base q{Test::Class};
use Test::More 'no_plan';

sub DEMO_1 : Tests 
{
    my $self = shift;
    $self->builder->skip('Wanting to skip the DEMO_1 tests');
    my $results = {
        '1 / 2' => "0.5",
        '1 / 4' =>  0.25,
    };
    _verify($results);
}

sub DEMO_2 : Tests 
{
    my $results = {
        '1 / 8' => "0.125",
        '1 / 16' =>  0.0625,
    };
    _verify($results);
}

Test::Class->runtests;

sub _verify {
    my $results = shift;
    for(keys(%$results)) {
       ok( eval($_) == $results->{$_}, "$_ == $results->{$_}");
    }
}

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And here's the output I get on Win32, perl-5.10.0: 
ok 1 # skip Wanting to skip the DEMO_1 tests
ok 2 - 1 / 4 == 0.25
ok 3 - 1 / 2 == 0.5
ok 4 - 1 / 8 == 0.125
ok 5 - 1 / 16 == 0.0625
1..5

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Now that's not quite what I intend. To begin with, the $self->builder->skip('Wanting to skip the DEMO_1 tests'); seems to be treated as a test (that passes) in itself. I'm not so concerned about that. What does concern me is that the 2 tests that I want to skip (namely, the 2 tests in sub DEMO_1) are still being run.

Is that a bug in Test::Builder ? ... perhaps as a result of the Test::Class environment ? ... or is it a Test::Class bug ? ... or is it just plain ol' incorrect usage on my part ?

Now, I've found a solution to the problem using the Test::More SKIP{} block. But is there a way I can get the sub DEMO_1 tests skipped by using that "$self->builder->skip()" approach ? Is there some other way of getting the desired result using Test::Builder::skip() ?

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Test::Builder::skip() not dwimming. by syphilis

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