die "reason"; # versus just die; #### { package Maths; sub factorial { my $n = int(pop); return $n if $n<2; $n * factorial($n - 1) } } use Test::More; my @expected = qw/ 0 1 2 6 24 100 720 /; plan tests => scalar @expected; is(Maths::factorial($_), $expected[$_], "Factorial of $_") for 0 .. $#expected; #### { package Maths; sub factorial { my $n = int(shift); die "does not compute" if $n<0; return $n if $n<2; $n * factorial($n - 1); } } use Test::More; use Test::Exception; my @results = qw/ 0 1 2 6 24 120 720 /; for (0 .. $#results) { lives_and { is Maths::factorial($_), $results[$_] } "Factorial of $_"; } dies_ok { Maths::factorial(-2) } "Factorial of negative number"; done_testing;