NAME

    Test::Exception::LessClever - Test::Exception simplified
    ***(DEPRECATED)***

DESCRIPTION

    *** This is deprecated please do not use it ***

    An alternative to Test::Exception that is much simpler. This
    alternative does not use fancy stack tricks to hide itself. The idea
    here is to keep it simple. This also solves the Test::Exception bug
    where some dies will be hidden when a DESTROY method calls eval. If a
    DESTROY method masks $@ a warning will be generated as well.

WHY REWRITE TEST-EXCEPTION

    Here is an IRC log.

        <Exodist> wtf? Bizarre copy of HASH in sassign at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.10.1/Carp/Heavy.pm line 104
        <Exodist> hmm, it doesn't happen when I step through the debugger, that sure is helpful yessir
        <Exodist> hmm, throws_ok or dies_ok { stuff that croaks in a package used by the one being tested }, at least in this case causes that error. If I change it to eval {}; ok( $@ ); like( $@, qr// ); it works fine
        <Exodist> Ah-Ha,   earlier when I mentioned I stopped using throws_ok because of something I could not remember, this was it, I stumbled on it again!
        <confound> probably because throws_ok tries to do clever things to fiddle with the call stack to make it appear as though its guts are not being called
        <confound> less clever would be more useful

SYNOPSYS

    Pretty much a clone of Test::Exception Refer to those docs for more
    details.

        use Test::More;
        use Test::Exception;
    
        dies_ok { die( 'xxx' )} "Should die";
        lives_ok { 1 } "Should live";
        throws_ok { die( 'xxx' )} qr/xxx/, "Throws 'xxx'";
        lives_and { ok( 1, "We did not die" )} "Ooops we died";
    
        done_testing;

EXPORTABLE FUNCTIONS

    $status = live_or_die( sub { ... }, $name )

    ($status, $msg) = live_or_die( sub { ... }, $name )

      Check if the code lives or dies. In scalar context returns true or
      false. In array context returns the same true or false with the error
      message. If the return is true the error message will be something
      along the lines of 'did not die' but this may change in the future.

      Will generate a warning if the test dies, $@ is empty AND called in
      array context. This usually occurs when an objects DESTROY method
      calls eval and masks $@.

      *NOT EXPORTED BY DEFAULT*

    lives_ok( sub { ... }, $name )

      Test passes if the sub does not die, false if it does.

    dies_ok( sub { ... }, $name )

      Test passes if the sub dies, false if it does not.

    throws_ok( sub { ... }, qr/message/, $name )

      Check that the sub dies, and that it throws an error that matches the
      regex.

      Test fails is the sub does not die, or if the message does not match
      the regex.

    lives_and( sub {...}, $name )

      Fails with $name if the sub dies, otherwise is passive. This is
      useful for running a test that could die. If it dies there is a
      failure, if it lives it is responsible for itself.

SEE ALSO

    Test::Exception

AUTHORS

    Chad Granum exodist7@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (C) 2010 Chad Granum

    Test-Exception-LessClever is free software; Standard perl licence.

    Test-Exception-LessClever is distributed in the hope that it will be
    useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license
    for more details.