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• Inner classes! (Score:2)

  by AndyArmstrong (7200)

  You could nearly call that Class::Inner and have it work like Java's inner classes :)

  Which IMO might be a useful thing. Inner classes definitely have their uses - maybe more so in Java.
  • Re:Inner classes! (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709) on 2008.01.31 7:09 (#60742) Homepage Journal

    I was thinking of this more as a testing tool so that I could generate fixtures on the fly and embed them in tests:

    my $instance   = Class::Dummy->new(\%interface);
    my @islands    = @yaml_strings;
    my $serialized = Bermuda::Test->serialize($instance, @islands);
    
    # a bunch of tests

    A persistent problem with test suites is having fixtures embedded in files and the poor programmer has to pop between several files to see them. That also means that a change to one fixture possibly means a change to a wide variety of tests (I keep getting bitten by this). With this, all fixture data can be in each test. This makes unit tests easier to manage.

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    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AndyArmstrong (7200)

      Sorry - being terse today :)

      I realised what it was for but it occurred to me that it might sometimes be useful outside of tests.
      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Ovid (2709)

        Maybe I should rename it then? It really does seem like a useful testing tool (it's already making my life easier), but perhaps others could use it. Does Class::Temp sound like a good name? It would be very useful when you find yourself passing around hashrefs but you hate locked hashes.
        • Re: (Score:2)

          by AndyArmstrong (7200)

          I think Class::Inner is a similar but different thing that you can release once you get all the other interesting things you're working on done :)