Testing exceptions

[panna]

Hi:) I'm a one working on a calendar functionality for Dreamwidth:)

I'd like to ask what to use to test if my code threw exception. I found that this could be tested by Test::Exeption library's commands, but there is no Test/Exception.pm library in Dreamwidth's CPAN.

I found that Dw do use exceptions, but maybe there is preferred to return a specific code? (I prefer throwing exceptions...:P)

Comments

[alierak]

It's Perl, so "there's more than one way to do it". You'll find some of our code just returning undef when it fails, caller beware. Some things use objects to represent different types of exceptions (see cgi-bin/LJ/Error.pm). Some code will just die if it fails, so you have to wrap it in an eval { } block. And so on.

[sophie]

By the way, what do you mean by "Dreamwidth's CPAN"?

[panna]

I'm very thankful for both replies:) I got acquainted with cgi-bin/LJ/Error.pm and the usage of errors:)

Sophie, thank You for guiding me to my personal mislead!
I work on my own DW installation and on Dreamhack. By "Dreamwidth's CPAN" I meant perl modules on Dreamhack. (have I misused the word CPAN?) However...
It is my personal perl libraries set that can't locate Test::Exception package, not the one on Dreamhack:) Using Test::Exception on Dreamhack works fine!:)

Great thanks:)