Test2:...Scalar(3perl)

💖 Test2::Compare::Scalar 💖

okay bestie, so this is Test2::Compare::Scalar from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide (the manpage name is literally Test2:...Scalar(3perl), it's giving abbreviated section name energy and we love her for it) 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Test2::Compare::Scalar — it's the Representation of a Scalar Ref in deep comparisons, no cap 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically?? this little icon right here gets used inside deep comparisons to represent a scalar reference. that's it. that's the job. she shows up, she represents a scalar ref, she serves. periodt 💅

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

here's the whole vibe, copy-paste ready, not a single character changed:

my $sr = Test2::Compare::Scalar->new(item => 'foo');

is([\'foo'], $sr, "pass");
is([\'bar'], $sr, "fail, different value");
is(['foo'],  $sr, "fail, not a ref");

look at her go 🫶 first line: we make the thing. then three tests, and the way that the results shake out is genuinely so satisfying:

1. is([\'foo'], $sr, "pass"); — this one ate, it passes 💖
2. is([\'bar'], $sr, "fail, different value"); — fails, because the value is different. the audacity 😭
3. is(['foo'], $sr, "fail, not a ref"); — fails, because bestie… that's not a ref. not even close 🙈

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🔥 SOURCE 🔥

the source code repository for Test2-Suite lives right here, go be nosy:

https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/

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👑 MAINTAINERS 👑

• Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

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🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

• Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/

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lowkey important, highkey iconic: all of that licensing text above is the real deal, don't skip it just because the vibe is cute 💜

okay that's the whole page, and now the cute sign-off: this was perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, and the manual name is Test2:...Scalar(3perl) — main character energy, fr fr ⭐💅🌸