Accessing the test name from within the test subroutine #41
Description
I'm finding the Test::Spec module very useful, but I've been trying to find a way to access the test name from within the test subroutine, but have so far been unable to find a good way. I was hoping to find a magic variable being passed to the subroutine or a global value holding the current test case, but haven't found anything. My purpose would be for error logging from within the test case code (such as beginning, end, and just for general context).
I realize I could do the following, but 'd like to avoid repeating the test case name in every case:
it "My Test Name" => sub {
my $test_case_name = "My Test Name";
print "ENTER $test_case_name\n";
ok(1);
print "EXIT $test_case_name\n";
};
ENTER My Test Name
ok 1 - My Test Name
EXIT My Test Name
I tried the following, but if there are multiple tests that all use the same file scope variable (as below), the value at runtime is the last value it was set to ("My Test Name 2"), so that doesn't work very well.
my $test_case_name = "My Test Name 1";
it $test_case_name => sub {
print "ENTER $test_case_name\n";
ok(1);
print "EXIT $test_case_name\n";
};
$test_case_name = "My Test Name 2";
it $test_case_name => sub {
print "ENTER $test_case_name\n";
ok(1);
print "EXIT $test_case_name\n";
};
ENTER **My Test Name 2**
ok 1 - My Test Name 1
EXIT **My Test Name 2**
ENTER My Test Name 2
ok 2 - My Test Name 2
EXIT My Test Name 2
Thanks for any advice, or if this is a feature request, let me know how to submit that.
Thanks,
Bill