NAME

       Test2::Util - Tools used by Test2 and friends.

EXPERIMENTAL RELEASE

       This is an experimental release. Using this right now is not recommended.

DESCRIPTION

       Collection of tools used by Test2 and friends.

EXPORTS

       All exports are optional, you must specify subs to import.

       ($success, $error) = try { ... }
           Eval the codeblock, return success or failure, and the error message. This code
           protects $@ and $!, they will be restored by the end of the run. This code also
           temporarily blocks $SIG{DIE} handlers.

       protect { ... }
           Similar to try, except that it does not catch exceptions. The idea here is to protect
           $@ and $! from changes. $@ and $! will be restored to whatever they were before the
           run so long as it is successful. If the run fails $! will still be restored, but $@
           will contain the exception being thrown.

       CAN_FORK
           True if this system is capable of true or psuedo-fork.

       CAN_REALLY_FORK
           True if the system can really fork. This will be false for systems where fork is
           emulated.

       CAN_THREAD
           True if this system is capable of using threads.

       USE_THREADS
           Returns true if threads are enabled, false if they are not.

       get_tid
           This will return the id of the current thread when threads are enabled, otherwise it
           returns 0.

       my $file = pkg_to_file($package)
           Convert a package name to a filename.

NOTES && CAVEATS

       5.10.0
           Perl 5.10.0 has a bug when compiled with newer gcc versions. This bug causes a
           segfault whenever a new thread is launched. Test2 will attempt to detect this, and
           note that the system is not capable of forking when it is detected.

       Devel::Cover
           Devel::Cover does not support threads. CAN_THREAD will return false if Devel::Cover is
           loaded before the check is first run.

SOURCE

       The source code repository for Test2 can be found at http://github.com/Test-More/Test2/.

MAINTAINERS

       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS

       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>
       Kent Fredric <kentnl@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2015 Chad Granum <exodist7@gmail.com>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/