Common Pitfalls

Cross Platform - Line Endings

• Watch when slurping test written files

$record = "world\nhello";
like($lines, qr/$record/);

• The output record separator ($\) isn't always what you expect
  • default on MSWin32 - $\ equals "\015\012"
  • default on Unix - $\ equals "\012"
  • default on Mac - OS $\ equals "\015"

$RECSEP = $\;
$record = "world${RECSEP}hello";
like($lines, qr/$record/);