RE: A whole 'nother idea

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Malcolm,

Thanks, that looks helpful.

Chuck


-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm J Harwood [mailto:mjhlist-modperl@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:01 AM
To: modperl@xxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: A whole 'nother idea


On Tuesday 28 December 2004 11:57 am, Goehring, Chuck, RCI - San Diego =
wrote:
> Is it possible to write a program of some sort that can check a module =
to
> see if it may have problems if used with mp2?=20

Something like Apache::porting?
(http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache/porting.html)

> If a script could grind through a set of perl directories and =
"predict"
> problem areas, then the general population could move more quickly to =
mp2. =20

That only works if you can test every execution path, as some things are =

runtime resolved. If you've got tests written that's fine, if you =
haven't=20
it's a lot harder if possible at all.

> This would also assist identifying modules that need attention. =20

Ah, modules on CPAN all have complete test suites, right? ;-)


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