```{index} single: Test::use::ok ``` # Test::use::ok Alternative to Test::More::use\_ok ## SYNOPSIS ```perl use ok 'Some::Module'; ``` ## DESCRIPTION According to the **Test::More** documentation, it is recommended to run `use_ok()` inside a `BEGIN` block, so functions are exported at compile-time and prototypes are properly honored. That is, instead of writing this: ```perl use_ok( 'Some::Module' ); use_ok( 'Other::Module' ); ``` One should write this: ```perl BEGIN { use_ok( 'Some::Module' ); } BEGIN { use_ok( 'Other::Module' ); } ``` However, people often either forget to add `BEGIN`, or mistakenly group `use_ok` with other tests in a single `BEGIN` block, which can create subtle differences in execution order. With this module, simply change all `use_ok` in test scripts to `use ok`, and they will be executed at `BEGIN` time. The explicit space after `use` makes it clear that this is a single compile-time action. ## SEE ALSO [Test::More](../More.md) ## MAINTAINER - Chad Granum ## CC0 1.0 Universal To the extent possible under law, 唐鳳 has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to [Test::use::ok](ok.md). This work is published from Taiwan. [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)