Test::use::ok(3perl)

Test::use::ok3perl

Alternative to test::more::use_ok

Usage

    use ok 'Some::Module';

Overview

According to the Test::More documentation, it is recommended to run use_ok() inside a "BEGIN" block, so functions are exported at compile-time and prototypes are properly honored.

That is, instead of writing this:

    use_ok( 'Some::Module' );
    use_ok( 'Other::Module' );

One should write this:

    BEGIN { use_ok( 'Some::Module' ); }
    BEGIN { use_ok( 'Other::Module' ); }

However, people often either forget to add "BEGIN", or mistakenly group "use_ok" with other tests in a single "BEGIN" block, which can create subtle differences in execution order.

With this module, simply change all "use_ok" in test scripts to "use ok", and they will be executed at "BEGIN" time. The explicit space after "use" makes it clear that this is a single compile-time action.

Maintainer

Chad Granum <[email protected]>

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This work is published from Taiwan.

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Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 9
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  5. 13
  6. Arch

From perl 5.44.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.