Perl Coverage

[Himal]

Hi All,
What is the best way of doing code coverage in perl ?
What is the difference between Devel::Coverage and Devel::Cover ?
Any help and info will be very useful ?
Cheers,
Himal.

 

[Bart Lateur]

What is the best way of doing code coverage in perl ?
What is the difference between Devel::Coverage and Devel::Cover ?
Any help and info will be very useful ?

Check bian d foy's articles about this subject in DDJ. They can be read
online, for free.

<http://www.ddj.com/columns/perl/2001/>

I don't know anything about Devel::Cover, but the last line on this
slide:


<http://homepage.hispeed.ch/pjcj/testing_and_code_coverage/slide066.html>

doesn't make it look too good.

OTOH, since then, the most recent version of this module has moved up a
few notches.