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💖 Test::Stream::Compare::Ref 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is Test::Stream::Compare::Ref from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, and it's a whole mood. it's a ref comparison situation. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Test::Stream::Compare::Ref — ref comparison, periodt. that's the whole gig 💅

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🚨 DEPRECATED 🚨

okay so, not me having to tell you this 😭 but this whole distribution is deprecated. it's been retired in favor of Test2, Test2::Suite, and Test2::Workflow. like, it's giving "retired but still iconic." 👑

if you need to make the switch, there's a conversion guide waiting for you at Test::Stream::Manual::ToTest2. go check it out, bestie, fr fr. 🧚

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

it's used to compare 2 refs in a deep comparison. that's it, that's the vibe. simple, elegant, lowkey doing the most by doing the least. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

my $ref = {};
my $check = Test::Stream::Compare::Ref->new(input => $ref);

# Passes
is( [$ref], [$check], "The array contains the exact ref we want" );

# Fails, they both may be empty hashes, but we are looking for a specific
# reference.
is( [{}], [$check], "This will fail");

see how the first one passes? that's because it's the exact ref we want, no cap. 🎀

and the second one fails because even though both are empty hashes, we're looking for a specific reference. it's giving "same energy, different identity." the vibe check does not pass, sorry babe 💀

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🔥 SOURCE 🔥

the source code repository for Test::Stream lives right here, go be nosy:

http://github.com/Test-More/Test-Stream/

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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 2015 Chad Granum <exodist7@gmail.com>.

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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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🍓 this was documented as part of perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and honestly? iconic of it. slay, stay safe, and may all your refs be the exact ones you're looking for 💅✨🫶