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NAME
       Test::Builder::Tester - test testsuites that have been built with
       Test::Builder
SYNOPSIS
           use Test::Builder::Tester tests => 1;
           use Test::More;
           test_out("not ok 1 - foo");
           test_fail(+1);
           fail("foo");
           test_test("fail works");
DESCRIPTION
       A module that helps you test testing modules that are built with
       Test::Builder.
       The testing system is designed to be used by performing a three step
       process for each test you wish to test.  This process starts with using
       "test_out" and "test_err" in advance to declare what the testsuite you
       are testing will output with Test::Builder to stdout and stderr.
       You then can run the test(s) from your test suite that call
       Test::Builder.  At this point the output of Test::Builder is safely
       captured by Test::Builder::Tester rather than being interpreted as real
       test output.
       The final stage is to call "test_test" that will simply compare what
       you predeclared to what Test::Builder actually outputted, and report
       the results back with a "ok" or "not ok" (with debugging) to the normal
       output.
   Functions
       These are the six methods that are exported as default.
       test_out
       test_err
           Procedures for predeclaring the output that your test suite is
           expected to produce until "test_test" is called.  These procedures
           automatically assume that each line terminates with "\n".  So
              test_out("ok 1","ok 2");
           is the same as
              test_out("ok 1\nok 2");
           which is even the same as
              test_out("ok 1");
              test_out("ok 2");
           Once "test_out" or "test_err" (or "test_fail" or "test_diag") have
           been called, all further output from Test::Builder will be captured
           by Test::Builder::Tester.  This means that you will not be able
           perform further tests to the normal output in the normal way until
           you call "test_test" (well, unless you manually meddle with the
           output filehandles)
       test_fail
           Because the standard failure message that Test::Builder produces
           whenever a test fails will be a common occurrence in your test
           error output, and because it has changed between Test::Builder
           versions, rather than forcing you to call "test_err" with the
           string all the time like so
               test_err("# Failed test ($0 at line ".line_num(+1).")");
           "test_fail" exists as a convenience function that can be called
           instead.  It takes one argument, the offset from the current line
           that the line that causes the fail is on.
               test_fail(+1);
           This means that the example in the synopsis could be rewritten more
           simply as:
              test_out("not ok 1 - foo");
              test_fail(+1);
              fail("foo");
              test_test("fail works");
       test_diag
           As most of the remaining expected output to the error stream will
           be created by Test::Builder's "diag" function,
           Test::Builder::Tester provides a convenience function "test_diag"
           that you can use instead of "test_err".
           The "test_diag" function prepends comment hashes and spacing to the
           start and newlines to the end of the expected output passed to it
           and adds it to the list of expected error output.  So, instead of
           writing
              test_err("# Couldn't open file");
           you can write
              test_diag("Couldn't open file");
           Remember that Test::Builder's diag function will not add newlines
           to the end of output and test_diag will. So to check
              Test::Builder->new->diag("foo\n","bar\n");
           You would do
             test_diag("foo","bar")
           without the newlines.
       test_test
           Actually performs the output check testing the tests, comparing the
           data (with "eq") that we have captured from Test::Builder against
           what was declared with "test_out" and "test_err".
           This takes name/value pairs that effect how the test is run.
           title (synonym 'name', 'label')
               The name of the test that will be displayed after the "ok" or
               "not ok".
           skip_out
               Setting this to a true value will cause the test to ignore if
               the output sent by the test to the output stream does not match
               that declared with "test_out".
           skip_err
               Setting this to a true value will cause the test to ignore if
               the output sent by the test to the error stream does not match
               that declared with "test_err".
           As a convenience, if only one argument is passed then this argument
           is assumed to be the name of the test (as in the above examples.)
           Once "test_test" has been run test output will be redirected back
           to the original filehandles that Test::Builder was connected to
           (probably STDOUT and STDERR,) meaning any further tests you run
           will function normally and cause success/errors for Test::Harness.
       line_num
           A utility function that returns the line number that the function
           was called on.  You can pass it an offset which will be added to
           the result.  This is very useful for working out the correct text
           of diagnostic functions that contain line numbers.
           Essentially this is the same as the "__LINE__" macro, but the
           "line_num(+3)" idiom is arguably nicer.
       In addition to the six exported functions there exists one function
       that can only be accessed with a fully qualified function call.
       color
           When "test_test" is called and the output that your tests generate
           does not match that which you declared, "test_test" will print out
           debug information showing the two conflicting versions.  As this
           output itself is debug information it can be confusing which part
           of the output is from "test_test" and which was the original output
           from your original tests.  Also, it may be hard to spot things like
           extraneous whitespace at the end of lines that may cause your test
           to fail even though the output looks similar.
           To assist you "test_test" can colour the background of the debug
           information to disambiguate the different types of output. The
           debug output will have its background coloured green and red.  The
           green part represents the text which is the same between the
           executed and actual output, the red shows which part differs.
           The "color" function determines if colouring should occur or not.
           Passing it a true or false value will enable or disable colouring
           respectively, and the function called with no argument will return
           the current setting.
           To enable colouring from the command line, you can use the
           Text::Builder::Tester::Color module like so:
              perl -Mlib=Text::Builder::Tester::Color test.t
           Or by including the Test::Builder::Tester::Color module directly in
           the PERL5LIB.
BUGS
       Test::Builder::Tester does not handle plans well. It has never done
       anything special with plans. This means that plans from outside
       Test::Builder::Tester will effect Test::Builder::Tester, worse plans
       when using Test::Builder::Tester will effect overall testing. At this
       point there are no plans to fix this bug as people have come to depend
       on it, and Test::Builder::Tester is now discouraged in favor of
       "Test2::API::intercept()". See
       <https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues/667>;
       Calls "Test::Builder->no_ending" turning off the ending tests.  This is
       needed as otherwise it will trip out because we've run more tests than
       we strictly should have and it'll register any failures we had that we
       were testing for as real failures.
       The color function doesn't work unless Term::ANSIColor is compatible
       with your terminal. Additionally, Win32::Console::ANSI must be
       installed on windows platforms for color output.
       Bugs (and requests for new features) can be reported to the author
       though GitHub: <https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/issues>;
AUTHOR
       Copyright Mark Fowler <mark AT twoshortplanks.com> 2002, 2004.
       Some code taken from Test::More and Test::Catch, written by Michael G
       Schwern <schwern AT pobox.com>.  Hence, those parts Copyright Micheal G
       Schwern 2001.  Used and distributed with permission.
       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.
MAINTAINERS
       Chad Granum <exodist AT cpan.org>
NOTES
       Thanks to Richard Clamp <richardc AT unixbeard.net> for letting me use his
       testing system to try this module out on.
SEE ALSO
       Test::Builder, Test::Builder::Tester::Color, Test::More.

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