Ken Williams

Thanks. What happens on Windows if you don't set `$^O = "Unix"`?

Yes, I think that could be achieved. Which methods in particular did you mean? The most common cases are handled by `openr` and `openw` - the idea being that it...

Thanks for the report. My assumption is that the system `cp` performs better than the Perl emulation in `File::Copy::cp`, and handles permissions cases better, but I haven't really verified any...

Thanks Andrew!

I just wanted to point out that the "warning" above about soft scopes isn't just nuisance chatter, it actually changes the behavior of the code relative to what would happen...

@nickrobinson251 I noticed your comment: > For 2, we "fix" that by running testitems with REPL-like "[softscope](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1.10-dev/manual/variables-and-scoping/#on-soft-scope)". Do you mean it should already be using a softscope that should be...

> this is probably a case where one can come up with good arguments for either choice Are there indeed good arguments why a soft scope should not be used?...

(FYI I hit this independently of [and more recently than] the previous people in this thread, and asked about it at https://discourse.julialang.org/t/soft-scopes-globals-in-testitem-s/119338, which is how I found this thread. Just...

> I would want code A and B to behave the same, because that is the right mental analogy between test items and modules. That's kind of surprising to me....

Any chance this will get merged soon? I didn't know about the setup functionality, is that officially supported?