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Re: passing arguments to tests: msg#00084

Subject: Re: passing arguments to tests
Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:18:54PM +1000, Andrew Savige wrote:
> > I admit to asking my original question as a joke since, as of Perl
> 5.6.1,
> > Test::Harness was pure functional (Test::Harness::Straps no there).
> > However, I am not joking now when I say I have no idea what "Straps"
> > means.
> 
> harness
>        n 1: a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding
>             something to the body (especially one supporting a
>             person suspended from a parachute)
>        2: stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps
>           fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and
>           pull a cart
> 
> Test::Harness::Parser would have been a better name, but hey, you're
> talking to the author of Ima::DBI.

Not to mention Semi::Semicolons.
You'll have to take my word for it when I claim that I finally realised
why you'd chosen "Straps" ... right after I pressed the send button.
Maybe after that "is my bitch" business, I'm looking for slang from
"the hood" everywhere. Or become too obsessed with Leon's prize.
I don't know. I suck.

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