Re: TAP test command_fails versus command_fails_like

On 2025-02-12 We 8:58 AM, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote:
>
>> Another question is whether command_fails and command_fails_like is
>> the only pair or there are more which need stricter checks?
> If we do this, we should do it across the board for
> PostgreSQL::Test::Utils and ::Cluster at least.  Once we bump the
> minimum perl version to 5.20 or beyond we should switch to using
> function signatures (https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsub#Signatures), which
> gives us this checking for free.
>

Is there any reason we can't move to 5.20? Are there any buildfarm 
animals using such an old version? 5.20 is now almost 10 years old.


cheers


andrew

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