Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page xvii 2nd para under "Acknowledgments" |
"David Adler" should be "David H. Adler" |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 7 third paragraph |
"make_test" should be replaced with "make test" (space -> underscore) in the line "The TEST_FILES argument to make_test can simplify this." |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 15 Line 4 |
Change the use_ok() line once more: BEGIN { use_ok( 'AnalyzeSentence', @subs, '$WORD_SEPARATOR') or exit; } Should instead read: Change the <my @subs> and <use_ok()> lines to: BEGIN { my @subs = qw( words count_words ); use_ok( 'AnalyzeSentence', @subs, '$WORD_SEPARATOR' ) or exit; } |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 48 second paragraph |
The last sentence of the paragraph reads: "Understand what your test suite does not test and why is valuable...". The first word should be "Understanding". |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 48 code |
our@EXPORT should be: our @EXPORT |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 51 example - between.t |
In plain Test::Builder::Tester downloaded from CPAN there is no subroutine called test_pass() so this example doesn't work unless you change test_pass() to sth else (i.e. test_out()). |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 54 second code listing, the emboldened command should start with |
./new_harness instead of: new_harness |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 54 code portions |
Tested passed should be: Tests passed |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 57-58 in the source of run_smoketest.pl |
my ($revision, $path, $failures) = @_; ..should be... my ($path, $revision, $failures) = @_; |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 58 4th line from the end, subject of mail |
1) There is a typo: 'Subect' instead of 'Subject' (same typo exists in sample code, middle of page) 2) Subject mentioned here does not match subject put in the sample code; there is no 'For' and $path included. |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 74 First code listing, bold text |
Second line ending with "...,Taxes::Loophole" should have a trailing backslash to indicate a line continuation: --module=Taxes::Autocomplete,Taxes::Loophole |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 76 Second paragraph of actual body text |
s/such a a string/such a string/ |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 151 First paragraph, third line |
s/testingframeworks/testing frameworks |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 153 last example |
Instead of "prove queue.t", it should read, "prove -v queue.t" |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 161 "What about.." answer line 3 |
"want to to skip" should be: "want to skip" |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 161 running prove.t |
That paragraph should begin, Run F<queue_word.t> with F<prove> ... And the bold command should instead be, $ prove -v queue_word.t |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 181 About the authors, 2nd paragraph |
In the about the authors section describing Ian Langworth, the last line reads "...making robust and high-qualuty code an easier goal to achieve". "quality" is misspelled "qualuty". |
Anonymous |