| PackageDescription | Many cross-platform test failures -- particularly on Win32 -- are due to
hard-coded file paths being used in comparison tests.
my $file = get_file(); # returns "foo\bar.t";
is( $file, "foo/bar.t" ); # fails on Win32
This simple module provides some handy functions to convert all those path
separators automatically so filename tests will just DWIM.
The alternative is to write your own utility subroutine and use it
everywhere or just keep on littering your test code with calls to
File::Spec -- yuck!
is( $file, File::Spec->canonpath("some/path"), "should pass" );
Since this module is so simple, you might not think it worth including as a
dependency. After all, it's not _that_ hard to always remember to use the
File::Spec manpage, the Path::Tiny manpage or some other file utility,
right? But odds are that, at some point, you'll be so busy writing tests
that you'll forget and hard-code a path in your haste to show what a clever
programmer you are.
So just use this module and stop worrying about it. You'll be happier and
so will anyone trying to install your modules on Win32. |