Test::...matter(3perl)

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version 5.44.0 · 14 versions
, in arch rolling

💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, this page lives in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide and it's all about Test::Builder::Formatter — which is a Test::Builder subclass of Test2::Formatter::TAP. yes the name has three dots in the header, we don't question the header, we just vibe 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so what does this thing actually DO? it takes events and turns them into TAP. that's it. that's the whole job. it's the little translator standing between your test events and the TAP output the world sees. iconic behavior, honestly. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the way you literally don't even have to think about it, because loading Test::Builder pulls it in for you:

use Test::Builder; # Loads Test::Builder::Formatter for you

periodt. that comment is in the original and it is in mine, we do not edit the ancestors ✨

🎀 SOURCE 🎀

wanna go stare at the actual code? (of course you do, main character energy 🫶) the source code repository for Test2 lives right here:

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

👑 MAINTAINERS 👑

  • Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

💜 AUTHORS 💜

  • Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

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. free as in free, bestie, go wild (responsibly) 🧚

See <https://dev.perl.org/licenses/>

ngl this is a short one, no warnings, no bugs section, nothing scary. just vibes and TAP. lowkey obsessed 💖

and that's a wrap!! this whole thing shipped in perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17 — so like, from the future, respectfully 💀✨ slay, bye 🦋🌸

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