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NAME
       Test::Exception::LessClever - (DEPRECATED) Test::Exception simplified


DEPRECATION NOTICE
       *** This module is deprecated: please do not use it! ***

       An alternative to Test::Exception that is much simpler. This alternative does not use fancy stack tricks
       to hide itself. The idea here is to keep it simple. This also solves the Test::Exception bug where some
       dies will be hidden when a DESTROY method calls eval. If a DESTROY method masks $@ a warning will be
       generated as well.


WHY REWRITE TEST-EXCEPTION
       Here is an IRC log.

           <Exodist> wtf? Bizarre copy of HASH in sassign at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.10.1/Carp/Heavy.pm line 104
           <Exodist> hmm, it doesn't happen when I step through the debugger, that sure is helpful yessir
           <Exodist> hmm, throws_ok or dies_ok { stuff that croaks in a package used by the one being tested }, at least in this case causes that error. If I change it to eval {}; ok( $@ ); like( $@, qr// ); it works fine
           <Exodist> Ah-Ha,   earlier when I mentioned I stopped using throws_ok because of something I could not remember, this was it, I stumbled on it again!
           <confound> probably because throws_ok tries to do clever things to fiddle with the call stack to make it appear as though its guts are not being called
           <confound> less clever would be more useful


SYNOPSIS
       Pretty much a clone of Test::Exception Refer to those docs for more details.

           use Test::More;
           use Test::Exception;

           dies_ok { die( 'xxx' )} "Should die";
           lives_ok { 1 } "Should live";
           throws_ok { die( 'xxx' )} qr/xxx/, "Throws 'xxx'";
           lives_and { ok( 1, "We did not die" )} "Ooops we died";

           done_testing;


EXPORTABLE FUNCTIONS
       $status = live_or_die( sub { ... }, $name )
       ($status, $msg) = live_or_die( sub { ... }, $name )
           Check if the code lives or dies. In scalar context returns true or false. In array context returns
           the same true or false with the error message. If the return is true the error message will be
           something along the lines of 'did not die' but this may change in the future.

           Will generate a warning if the test dies, $@ is empty AND called in array context. This usually
           occurs when an objects DESTROY method calls eval and masks $@.

           *NOT EXPORTED BY DEFAULT*

       lives_ok( sub { ... }, $name )
           Test passes if the sub does not die, false if it does.

       dies_ok( sub { ... }, $name )
           Test passes if the sub dies, false if it does not.

       throws_ok( sub { ... }, qr/message/, $name )
           Check that the sub dies, and that it throws an error that matches the regex.

           Test fails is the sub does not die, or if the message does not match the regex.

       lives_and( sub {...}, $name )
           Fails with $name if the sub dies, otherwise is passive. This is useful for running a test that could
           die. If it dies there is a failure, if it lives it is responsible for itself.


SEE ALSO
       •   Test::Fatal

       •   Test::Exception


AUTHORS
       Chad Granum exodist7@gmail.com


       Copyright (C) 2010 Chad Granum

       Test-Exception-LessClever is free software; Standard perl licence.

       Test-Exception-LessClever is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
       license for more details.