Re^2: Autovivification for dummies (using Test::More)

Good question.

Here, I was using Test::Morefor rhetorical and didactical purposes: in other words, I was trying to make a point. My point was, to illustrate how the "naive" expectation of dereferencing is contradicted by the reality of how autovivification works. I didn't mean that autovivification is a bug; I understand that this behavior is there for a purpose, controversial though it may be.

Your question made me reflect a bit, and realize that I have lately been incorporating Test::More into my perlmonks posts, in two ways.

In SOPW posts, I am showing the behavior I want, but am not getting, with test more failing.
In Meditations, I am using test more rhetorical, as here, to make points.

I guess I am also hoping to spread the testing gospel in this way, as well as my own test fu.

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Re^3: Autovivification for dummies (using Test::More) by revdiablo (Prior) on Jul 29, 2005 at 17:11 UTC
My point was to illustrate how the "naive" expectation of dereferencing is contradicted by the reality of how autovivification works. Ok, that is a perfectly reasonable explanation. It might have been nice to say that in the original post, but I know how hard it can be to figure out the things people will have questions or confusion about. I have lately been incorporating Test::More into my perlmonks posts I like this idea. One of the reasons I like tests is they can convey a lot of information in a convenient, machine-usable little packet. They are just like the test snippets I usually end up writing, but in addition they show where my expectations are violated or upheld.	[reply]
Re^4: Autovivification for dummies (using Test::More) by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Jul 29, 2005 at 17:17 UTC
I have started a perlmonks tutorial series called "How to ask Questions (with Test::More) at tutorials. So far there is: How To Ask a Question (With Test::More) How to Ask A Regex Question (With Test::More) and more coming soon. :)	[reply]
Re^3: Autovivification for dummies (using Test::More) by simonm (Vicar) on Jul 29, 2005 at 21:32 UTC
Understood, but I think people would find it clearer if you negated your test so that they all past, rather than posting tests which are meant to fail.	[reply]