---
name: "Test::use::ok"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Test::use::ok"
---

# Test::use::ok(3p)

Alternative to Test::More::use\_ok

## NAME

Test::use::ok - Alternative to Test::More::use\_ok

## SYNOPSIS

```
    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:

```
    use_ok( 'Some::Module' );
    use_ok( 'Other::Module' );
```

One should write this:

```
    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

## MAINTAINER

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

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