Test-Simple 0.77 fixage

[Michael G Schwern]

I'm coining a new term, "fixage", like "breakage".

"Fixage" is when software fixes a bug and reveals bugs in dependent software.

Test-Simple 0.77 (which includes Test::More) fixed a long standing bug by
removing the annoying global $SIG{__DIE__} handler to trap test death. It
would swallow the real exit code of a test.

This code used to pass:

use Test::More tests => 1;
pass();
exit 1;

Whereas now it will properly exit with 1, which is a failure, and the
appropriate "Looks like your test died" message.

So far there's only been one revealed failure, that's in POE, but I figured
I'd let folks know just in case.

--
On error resume stupid

[Chromatic]

On Monday 03 March 2008 11:20:54 Michael G Schwern wrote:

> "Fixage" is when software fixes a bug and reveals bugs in dependent
> software.
>
> Test-Simple 0.77 (which includes Test::More) fixed a long standing bug by
> removing the annoying global $SIG{__DIE__} handler to trap test death.

Having imposed fixage on the world myself, let me recommend that you run
*away* from villagers with pitchforks and torches rather than trying to
reason with them. They don't want to fix the bugs in their code.

-- c

[Michael G Schwern]

Shame they brought a pitchfork to a gun fight.
http://schwern.org/~schwern/img/me/19_brian_mike_gary_shooting.jpg

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