Re: TAP test command_fails versus command_fails_like

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: TAP test command_fails versus command_fails_like
Date: 2025-02-12 15:40:25
Message-ID: 419ce961-fda6-4b24-b5c2-fde414065c70@dunslane.net
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On 2025-02-12 We 8:58 AM, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote:
>
>> Another question is whether command_fails and command_fails_like is
>> the only pair or there are more which need stricter checks?
> If we do this, we should do it across the board for
> PostgreSQL::Test::Utils and ::Cluster at least. Once we bump the
> minimum perl version to 5.20 or beyond we should switch to using
> function signatures (https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsub#Signatures) which
> gives us this checking for free.
>

Is there any reason we can't move to 5.20? Are there any buildfarm
animals using such an old version? 5.20 is now almost 10 years old.

cheers

andrew

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