./devel/p5-Test-use-ok, Alternative to Test::More::use_ok

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Branch: pkgsrc-2013Q2, Version: 0.11nb1, Package name: p5-Test-use-ok-0.11nb1, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

According to the Test::More documentation, it is recommended to run
use_ok() inside a BEGIN block, so functions are exported at
compile-time and prototypes are properly honored.

That is, instead of writing this:

use_ok( 'Some::Module' );
use_ok( 'Other::Module' );

One should write this:

BEGIN { use_ok( 'Some::Module' ); }
BEGIN { use_ok( 'Other::Module' ); }

However, people often either forget to add BEGIN, or mistakenly group
use_ok with other tests in a single BEGIN block, which can create subtle
differences in execution order.

With this module, simply change all use_ok in test scripts to use ok,
and they will be executed at BEGIN time. The explicit space after use
makes it clear that this is a single compile-time action.

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