On Sep 10, 2007, at 6:52 PM, James Keenan via RT wrote:
On Mon Sep 10 10:53:43 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is the chance that $prefix ends in slash-newline sufficiently rare
that the $
anchor is better than \z?
Can we get some tests on Win32 as well? And how about that Mac OS 9?
I'm going to assume the prerogative of speaking on behalf of the
community of prospective supporters of Parrot on Mac OS 9, based on
the belief (or perhaps merely a suspicion) that I constitute a
majority of that community.
As I've mentioned previously on p5p, I've ported perl (well,
miniperl) to a Unix-like environment that runs on top of Mac OS 9 --
the moral equivalent of CygWin. Since Lamp (Lamp Ain't Mac POSIX)
uses Unix-style filing, there won't be slashes in individual file and
directory names (they'll occur as colons, just like in OS X). But
you'll still have to watch out for Icon\r and friends.
Having a file named with a bare LF is just plain evil, generally not
possible for a 'mere mortal' to create through sanctioned channels,
and IMHO deserving of whatever consequences follow -- but technically
legal. At this level of obscurity, correctness is less a public
service than it is an artistic expression.
In summary, Parrot on OS 9 (running in Lamp) looks like like Parrot
on Unix. (Except for the occasional wacky filename, which OS X has
to handle anyway.)
As for 'macish' parrot (as opposed to unixish parrot running in
Lamp), I expect there won't be one. (Unless neeri or pudge cares to
contradict me...)
Josh
