Devel::Cover mini-hackathon

brian_d_foy on 2006-07-26T19:37:00

Best Practical is sponsoring a Devel::Cover hackathon with Paul Johnson next Tuesday in London.

We've already got a long list and lots to do, but would love to hear about what you want from Devel::Cover.

If you are around London and would like to attend, please send mail to clkao DooT bestpractical.com. Note that the hackathon is during work hours, so you might need to make it a work-excuse to come!

In any case, we should be around #perl-qa during the hackathon, see you there!

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A bugfix and a feature

jjore on 2006-07-26T20:52:53

I would like defined($obj) to not trigger $obj's "" overloading. In normal perl, defined($obj) won't call $obj's "" overloading. In Devel::Cover enhanced perl, defined($obj) will.

I would also like to be able to mark some branches as "This should never happen."

Re: Devel::Cover mini-hackathon

kid51 on 2006-07-27T00:03:59

This is something I've long wanted to do -- but, regrettably, I can't fly across the pond to participate.

Devel::Cover's documentation is (in Paul's own words) "sparse" and could really stand some improvement. May I suggest that in preparation for the hackathon, people review the perl.qa mailing list and otherwise google to collate all of Paul's (excellent) responses to questions over the years.

Jim Keenan

Re: Devel::Cover mini-hackathon

kid51 on 2006-07-27T01:25:31

And since we're on the subject of Devel::Cover-related postings on perl.qa, does anyone have ideas about the subject I raised there http://tinyurl.com/q5yd8 two days ago?

Thanks

Jim Keenan

Me too

acme on 2006-07-28T10:34:00

I'll be joining the hackathon. I hope to squash bugs and improve features!