*** UPDATE ***

After this was written I received feedback from several respected members of the community alerting me to the problems that could be caused by is() *guessing* if it should be comparing numbers or strings. After hearing this feedback I agreed that the behavior constituted a bug, and one serious enough to alter the behavior post release. Test::Stream was marked *stable* recently enough that the change should not impact very many people, if in fact any.

The latest version of Test::Stream on CPAN no longer guesses if it is given a number vs a st…

Test-Stream, the intended successor of Test-Simple (Test::Builder, Test::More), is moving out of the experimental phase. The experimental notice has been removed from all but a couple modules in the distribution. Now is a good time to start writing new testing tools using Test-Streams capabilities.

What does this mean for Test::More, Test::Builder or my existing test tools?
At the moment it means very little. Test::Builder is still around, and not going anywhere any time soon. At the moment …