Test::S...::Regex(3)

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version 1.302027 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 Test::Stream::Compare::Regex 💖

okay bestie, so the manual name is Test::S...::Regex(3) and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the universe, but like... the real name of the thing is Test::Stream::Compare::Regex and it's all about regex direct comparison. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🚨 DEPRECATED 🚨

not me having to deliver bad news first thing 😭 this whole distribution is deprecated. it's been retired in favor of Test2, Test2::Suite, and Test2::Workflow. so like, it still exists, but it's giving "retired icon" energy, not "main character" energy.

and if you're sitting there like "okay but how do i move on tho", there's literally a conversion guide waiting for you: Test::Stream::Manual::ToTest2. go read it. it's your glow-up roadmap. ✨

📖 DESCRIPTION 📖

okay so what does this thing actually do? it's used to compare 2 regexes. that's it. that's the job. 💅

and the way it does that is: it compares the stringified form of each regex. so it's not doing some deep structural soul-reading of the regex internals — it's looking at how each one stringifies and comparing that. fr fr, that's the whole mechanic. 🔥

📂 SOURCE 📂

the source code repository for Test::Stream is right here, bestie:

go peek. it's all there. 👑

🫶 MAINTAINERS 🫶

  • Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

  • Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

(yes it's the same person in both lists. maintaining AND authoring. double duty. we love a multitasker. 💜)

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/

and that's the whole page, no cap 💀 this was generated for perl v5.42.0 on 2025-07-25 — so yeah, shoutout to that exact version and that exact date, they're the ones who brought you this manual page. mwah. 🦋💖

periodt. ✨

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