TEST2::BUNDLE::MORE(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, welcome to Test2::Bundle::More — yes, the Test2::Bundle::More(3pm) manual — and it is ALMOST a drop-in replacement for Test::More. Iconic. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This bundle is intended to be a (mostly) drop-in replacement for Test::More. For the whole tea, see "KEY DIFFERENCES FROM Test::More" below. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

use Test2::Bundle::More;

ok(1, "pass");

...

done_testing;

🧚 PLUGINS 🧚

This loads Test2::Plugin::ExitSummary. That's the plugin moment. ✨

🛠️ TOOLS 🛠️

These are from Test2::Tools::Basic. See Test2::Tools::Basic for details, bestie.

• ok($bool, $name)
• pass($name)
• fail($name)
• skip($why, $count)
• $todo = todo($why)
• diag($message)
• note($message)
• plan($count)
• skip_all($why)
• done_testing()
• BAIL_OUT($why)

These are from Test2::Tools::ClassicCompare. See Test2::Tools::ClassicCompare for details.

• is($got, $want, $name)
• isnt($got, $donotwant, $name)
• like($got, qr/match/, $name)
• unlike($got, qr/mismatch/, $name)
• is_deeply($got, $want, "Deep compare")
• cmp_ok($got, $op, $want, $name)

These are from Test2::Tools::Class. See Test2::Tools::Class for details.

• isa_ok($thing, @classes)
• can_ok($thing, @subs)

This is from Test2::Tools::Subtest. It is called subtest_streamed() in that package.

• subtest $name => sub { ... }

💅 KEY DIFFERENCES FROM Test::More 💅

Okay so here's where the plot twists live. 👀

🚫 You cannot plan at import.

🚨 THIS WILL NOT WORK:

use Test2::Bundle::More tests => 5;

Instead you must plan in a separate statement:

use Test2::Bundle::More;
plan 5;

🎯 You have three subs imported for use in planning

Use plan($count), skip_all($reason), or done_testing() for your planning. Periodt. 💅

🦋 isa_ok accepts different arguments

isa_ok in Test::More was:

isa_ok($thing, $isa, $alt_thing_name);

This was very inconsistent with tools like can_ok($thing, @subs).

In Test2::Bundle::More, isa_ok() takes a $thing and a list of @isa.

isa_ok($thing, $class1, $class2, ...);

💀 THESE FUNCTIONS AND VARIABLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED 💀

• $TODO — See todo().
• use_ok(), require_ok() — These are not necessary. Use use and require directly. If there is an error loading the module the test will catch the error and fail.
• todo_skip() — Not necessary.
• eq_array(), eq_hash(), eq_set() — Discouraged in Test::More.
• explain() — This started a fight between Test developers, who may now each write their own implementations in Test2. (See explain in Test::Most vs Test::More. Hint: Test::Most wrote it first, then Test::More added it, but broke compatibility).
• new_ok() — Not necessary.

🔥 SOURCE 🔥

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/. 🫶

👑 MAINTAINERS 👑

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

🌈 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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🫶 That's the whole manual, bestie. This page is from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03. 💅