Re: emacs-30 1fd7957bc72: ; cperl-mode.el: Add a test for Bug#74245

[Michael Albinus]

Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk> writes:

Hi Peter,

>> Although both approaches should work, I'm in favor of Haralds
>> skip-unless, which gives a clear reason (missing precodition). The
>> :expected-result clause is rather meant for tests which do not run ATM,
>> and which are waiting for a fix.
>
> When I say “the bug is still present in perl-mode”, I mean bug 74245, 
> reported against cperl-mode, and fixed in cperl-mode in commit b74ac4af940, 
> is also present in perl-mode (in Emacs 30.0.93, at least).

Understood.

> I assume no-one has plans to fix it in perl-mode, however.

Don't know. But in this case, I still believe skip-unless is the better
choice (plus a comment that it won't be fixed in perl-mode).