Re^10: Test::More and is

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Re^11: Test::More and is_array by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jun 17, 2005 at 21:50 UTC
i'm being ... overly paranoid because of the huge changes to the underlying database structure. Fair enough, but to my eyes your proposed tests: `my $list = $object->foundation_list; ok( ref( $list ) eq 'ARRAY', 'returned a list' ); ok( scalar( @$list ), 'returned a populated list' ); ok( ref( $list->[0] ) eq 'HASH', 'first element is a hashref ...' );` [download] are less paranoid than the more concrete test: `is_deeply( $object->foundation_list, [ { ... whatever ... } ] );` [download] It does all the type checking and makes sure it's been populated with the correct values.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^11: Test::More and is_array
by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jun 17, 2005 at 21:50 UTC

i'm being ... overly paranoid because of the huge changes to the underlying database structure.

Fair enough, but to my eyes your proposed tests:

my $list = $object->foundation_list;
ok( ref( $list ) eq 'ARRAY', 'returned a list' );
ok( scalar( @$list ), 'returned a populated list' );
ok( ref( $list->[0] ) eq 'HASH', 'first element is a hashref ...' );
[download]

are less paranoid than the more concrete test:

is_deeply( $object->foundation_list, [ { ... whatever ... } ] );
[download]

It does all the type checking and makes sure it's been populated with the correct values.

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