On 09/19/2017 01:31 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had a couple cases where tap tests died, and I couldn't easily see
> where / why. For development of a new test I found it useful to show
> backtraces in that case - just adding a
> use Carp::Always;
> at the start of the relevant module did the trick.
>
> I'm wondering if we shouldn't always do so if the module is
> installed. I.e. have PostgresNode or something do something like
>
> # Include module showing backtraces upon failures. As it's a
> non-standard module, don't fail if not installed.
> eval { use Carp::Always; }
>
> Comments?
>
Or maybe Devel::Confess ?
In an eval you need a 'require' rather than a 'use', AFAIK.
cheers
andrew
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