Re^3: Unit testing, context and wantarray

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in thread Unit testing, context and wantarray

I should be testing (perhaps via a mock object or similar), that my function does not do anything expensive (e.g., call a database function) to return a result when called in void context.

Such as playing nethack? :)

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Re^4: Unit testing, context and wantarray by FunkyMonk (Chancellor) on Aug 13, 2011 at 14:15 UTC
www.nntp.perl.org seems dead at the moment. Here's Google's cached page Perl: perlintro perlretut Basic debugging checklist PerlMonks: How do I post a question effectively? Markup in the Monastery How do I post a question effectively? I know what I mean. Why don't you? General: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic To Be Continued...	[reply]

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Re^4: Unit testing, context and wantarray
by FunkyMonk (Chancellor) on Aug 13, 2011 at 14:15 UTC

Google's cached page

Perl: perlintro    perlretut    Basic debugging checklist
PerlMonks: How do I post a question effectively?    Markup in the Monastery    How do I post a question effectively?    I know what I mean. Why don't you?
General: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way    What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic
To Be Continued...

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