Re^2: TAP test question

I am assuming that Exporter does its job. I just want to make sure that it is indeed the ':all' marker that is available to MyModule.pm programmer... as long as the module is in development. In case someone decided to rename it to something .. e.g 'all' or ':All'. This is what the output looks like when I don't nest

ok 3 - use MyModule::Common;
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nested ok(use_ok()) -- results in two tests

ok 4 - use MyModule::Common;
ok 5 - Can use ':all' to import all subs that MyModule::Common exports
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nested - mistyped ':All' marker

ok(use_ok('ICDP::Common', ':All'),
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"All" is not defined in %MyModule::Common::EXPORT_TAGS at /usr/local/s
+hare/perl/5.8.8/Test/More.pm line 676

not ok 3 - use MyModule::Common;
#   Failed test 'use MyModule::Common;'
#   at .../t/MyModule/Common/Common.t line 23.
#     Tried to use 'MyModule::Common'.
#     Error:  Can't continue after import errors at (eval 5) line 2
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 5) line 2.
not ok 4 - Can use ':all' to import all subs that MyModule::Common exp
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Another matter would be to test that the list of subs corresponding to the :all label matches some expected values. How do I do that? Well, I think I must re-read the Test::XXX documentation first.

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Re^3: TAP test question by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 04, 2008 at 17:07 UTC
Another matter would be to test that the list of subs corresponding to the :all label matches some expected values. How do I do that? You can look at the symbol table (see perlmod for details) and see if all the expected symbols were exported. But I advice against it, because then you have to maintain the list of what `:all` means in two places, and repetition is your biggest enemy when writing and maintaining software.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: TAP test question by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jun 04, 2008 at 18:49 UTC
repetition is your biggest enemy when writing and maintaining software Thank you for saying that. Being unable to convince some folks of its veracity makes me crazy sometimes and seeing it out of the blue from a capable hacker just restored some sanity.	[reply]