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Validating PPPort Header Generation in github-linguist/linguist

This test file validates the ppport.h header functionality in the github-linguist/linguist repository, focusing on Perl/Pollution/Portability compatibility testing. The test ensures proper version handling and documentation generation for cross-version Perl compatibility.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite evaluates the ppport.h header file generation and documentation handling.

Key areas covered include:

Version compatibility checking (v3.36)
Documentation generation validation
Header file creation verification
Perl compatibility layer testing

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach focuses on validating the automated generation of the ppport.h header file through Devel::PPPort.

Implementation features:

Automated header generation verification
Documentation structure validation
POD format checking
Version information consistency testing

Technical Details

Testing components include:

Perl 5.026002 runtime environment
Devel::PPPort module integration
POD documentation validation tools
Header file generation utilities

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test implementation showcases robust header file testing practices.

Notable practices include:

Automated documentation verification
Version control integration
Clear separation of generated and source content
Comprehensive compatibility checking

github-linguist/linguist

test/fixtures/Generated/ppport.h

            
#if 0
<<'SKIP';
#endif
/*
----------------------------------------------------------------------

    ppport.h -- Perl/Pollution/Portability Version 3.36

    Automatically created by Devel::PPPort running under perl 5.026002.

    Do NOT edit this file directly! -- Edit PPPort_pm.PL and the
    includes in parts/inc/ instead.

    Use 'perldoc ppport.h' to view the documentation below.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

SKIP

=pod

=head1 NAME

ppport.h - Perl/Pollution/Portability version 3.36

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  perl ppport.h [options] [source files]

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