Re^3: Unit testing OS rich code

I'm using touch as the quickest easiest way to create an empty file

Are you seriously arguing that using:

`touch $file`
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to create an empty file should be preferred to, for example:

{
   open(my $fh, '>', $file) or die "error creating empty '$file': $!";
}
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on the grounds that it is "quicker and easier" to write?

If you are that stretched for time, how on earth do you expect to find time to write your proposed test mock framework?

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Re^4: Unit testing OS rich code by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 17, 2011 at 04:26 UTC
I've written worse, and despite the `qx//` in void context, the desired behavior is a lot more obvious. (I use File::Touch myself.) Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Unit testing OS rich code by Voronich (Hermit) on Oct 17, 2011 at 03:06 UTC
Good grief. I'm in fact not "seriously arguing" anything at all, least of all what someone 'should' be doing. Me	[reply]