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@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ directory for design decisions made during development. See Documentation/technical/ in the source tree for more details on specific topics, in particular data_structures.txt +Faster tests +------------ + +The `make test' target provided by MakeMaker does not run in +parallel. Our `make check' target supports parallel runs, and +it also creates a `.prove' file to optimize `make check-run'. + +The prove(1) command (distributed with Perl) may also be used +for finer-grained testing: prove -bvw t/foo.t + +If using a make(1) (e.g. GNU make) with `include' support, the +`config.mak' Makefile snippet can be used to set environment +variables such as PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY and TMPDIR. + +With PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY set to enable Inline::C support and +TMPDIR pointed to a tmpfs(5) mount, `make check-run' takes 6-10s +(load-dependent) on a busy workstation built in 2010. + Perl notes ---------- |