[Catalyst-dev] diag, not warn

[David E. Wheeler]

On Aug 10, 2008, at 21:25, Ashley wrote:

> On Aug 10, 2008, at 8:50 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
>> On Aug 10, 2008, at 12:51, Jonathan Rockway wrote:
>>>>> Remind me why this is better?
>>>>
>>>> It prevents the output from fucking up the harness.
>>>
>>> I don't think the harness looks for anything on STDERR.
>>
>> `diag` sends stuff to STDERR. So yes, it does.
>
> Is that true? I don't know the suite well but a casual peek at  
> Test::Builder's guts looks like it goes to STDERR and STDOUT  
> alternately depending on whether the output was from failure or from  
> intentional calls. I think the reason it never interferes with test  
> harness is that the output is escaped/#commented.

Right. Which is why I suggest `diag` instead of `warn`.

Best,

David