Hi there,

I've to write a Test::More script and I've to send the output to an email-address. I catched the output but if any failure comes up, the Test called "exit()" and my script never reached the end.

Is there a chance to catch or to overwrite the exit() function? Or can I do some thinge, so that the Test-Module doesn't use exit()?

I try to redefine the CORE::exit-Function, but it doesnt work. I tried to define an exit()-function in EVERY package (I would wear sackcloth and ashes :) but nothing happend.

my $exit_sub = sub($) {
    die @_;
};
sub _overwrite_exit {
    my $package = $_[0];

    no warnings 'redefine';
    no strict 'refs';

    return if(*{"$package\::exit"}{CODE} && *{"$package\::exit"}{CODE}
+ == $exit_sub);
    #print "\n$package";
    *{"$package\::exit"} = $exit_sub;
    
    foreach my $entry (keys %{"$package\::"}) {
        next if($entry !~ s/::$//);
        _overwrite_exit($entry);
    }
}
_overwrite_exit('main');
eval {
    print 123;
    exit(123);
};
print "Test: $@"; # never reached!

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Any useful ideas? I only have one sollution at the moment: create another script an call the testscript via system-call. But that has a bad taste for me...

In reply to Use die() instead of exit() in Test::More by Tobiwan

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