Tests fail on Strawberry Perl 5.24.1.1 (64bit) Windows 10

[jfroebe]

Platform: Strawberry Perl 5.24.1.1 (64bit) Windows 10
Win32::Unicode version: 0.38

win32-unicode-testfailure.txt

[nooninm]

Same problem.
Windows 7, 64 bit. Using ActiveState Perl v5.24.1.
I get the same results as in in your results text file, minus the unreadable unicode.
Same two errant line numbers for t/04_print.t as well.
I previously reported this two years ago on another Perl version, at
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=117348
Same line numbers then, too.

[ikegami]

It appears to be a bad test because the function actually works correctly on a system that gives the error.

>chcp 65001
Active code page: 65001

>perl -Mblib -e"use Win32::Unicode; printW qq{I \x{2665} Perl\n};"
I ♥ Perl

If this is the only error you get, you can force the module's installation.

[ikegami]

My earlier comment was incorrect. printW provides unusable semantics, and this failed test is the proof of this.

printW to a console: Expects a string of decoded text (e.g. "\x{2660}")

printW to a file: Expects a string of encoded text (e.g. encode($some_encoding, "\x{2660}"))

So depending on whether someone does script.pl or script.pl >file, you need to pass different values to printW. The test environment is akin to the later, but the test is written expecting the former. The solution is NOT to just fix the text, but provide a function that does sensible in both environments.

[LeeThompson]

Same thing on Strawberry Perl 5.32.1 (x64).

Seems ironic that a Win32 module fails to install on Windows due to test failures.

#   Failed test at t/04_print.t line 14.
# STDOUT is:
#  I ♥ Perl
# not:
#  I ΓÖÑ Perl
# as expected

#   Failed test at t/04_print.t line 15.
# STDOUT is:
# [ I ♥ Perl]
# not:
# [ I ΓÖÑ Perl]
# as expected

#   Failed test at t/04_print.t line 16.
# STDOUT is:
#  I ♥ Perl
#
# not:
#  I ΓÖÑ Perl
#
# as expected
# Looks like you failed 3 tests of 13.

t/04_print.t           (Wstat: 768 Tests: 13 Failed: 3)
  Failed tests:  1-3
  Non-zero exit status: 3
Files=27, Tests=284, 23 wallclock secs ( 0.16 usr +  0.09 sys =  0.25 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/27 test programs. 3/284 subtests failed.
gmake: *** [Makefile:1033: test_dynamic] Error 255
  XAICRON/Win32-Unicode-0.38.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\gmake.exe test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, try:
  reports XAICRON/Win32-Unicode-0.38.tar.gz
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'X/XA/XAICRON/Win32-Unicode-0.38.tar.gz'.