[tapx-dev] Trailing backslash in TAP lines

[Andy Armstrong]

Ovid wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Steffen Schwigon <schwigon at webit.de>
> 
>> Should I correct my test output or should TAP::Parser handle lines
>> with trailing backslash differently?
> 
> I think that TAP::Parser's behavior is incorrect.  The problem will be found in the TAP::Parser::Grammar, specifically this line, I think, which is supposed to allow a hash mark if it's escaped:
> 
>   my $description = qr/.*?(?!\\(?:\\\\)*)#?/;
> 
> I'm at work, so I can't look at this right now, but if anyone else wants to take a gander at it, feel free.  I've never quite like the regexes I've cobbled together for TAP parsing since there are so many edge cases.

Is the intention that

  ok 1 THIS IS NOT A \# TODO

should be parsed as a normal test with the description "THIS IS NOT A #
TODO"?

It doesn't seem to be doing that currently. That's interpreted as a TODO.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, Hexten