Re: [perl #41168] graceful "no compiler" error message?

2007-04-27 Thread Mark Glines
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:57:47 -0700 "James Keenan via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And (I should have asked this earlier) in what sense was the compiler > not yet installed correctly? Was it, e.g., a standard Win32 box with > no compiler at all? In my case, the compiler had not yet been added

Re: [perl #41168] graceful "no compiler" error message?

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Cochrane
And (I should have asked this earlier) in what sense was the compiler not yet installed correctly? Was it, e.g., a standard Win32 box with no compiler at all? I'd installed visual studio (the free compiler suite one can get from Microsoft) but hadn't gone through all the config options recomme

[perl #41168] graceful "no compiler" error message?

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Fri Apr 27 19:44:35 2007, ptc wrote: > On 28/04/07, James Keenan via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon Apr 16 16:36:56 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I ran Makefile.PL on a random windows box which hasn't had its > > > compiler > > > installed correctly yet. Rather than emitting an

[perl #41895] [TODO] Use Getopt for argument parsing in perlcritic.t

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Sun Mar 18 09:01:52 2007, ptc wrote: > t/codingstd/perlcritic.t uses a non-standard argument parsing > mechanism. This should be replaced with Getopt::Long. To demonstrate that this replacement has been done successfully, the patch submitter should provide 'before' and 'after' results for r

Re: [perl #41168] graceful "no compiler" error message?

2007-04-27 Thread Paul Cochrane
On 28/04/07, James Keenan via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon Apr 16 16:36:56 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I ran Makefile.PL on a random windows box which hasn't had its > compiler > installed correctly yet. Rather than emitting an error message about > how it couldn't find my compiler,

[perl #41912] [CAGE] survey tools/ dir for unused, old, or broken code, and remove or fix as necessary

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Mon Apr 09 17:04:49 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I haven't yet looked at scripts in other directories such as > tools/dev/. > Here's a bit of information about tools/dev/*.pl: last revision for each script [parrot] 520 $ svn status -v tools/dev/*.pl | tr -s ' ' | sort -t ' ' +7 -12 |

[perl #41168] graceful "no compiler" error message?

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Mon Apr 16 16:36:56 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I ran Makefile.PL on a random windows box which hasn't had its > compiler > installed correctly yet. Rather than emitting an error message about > how it couldn't find my compiler, it apparently passed the test, and > then crashed multiple ti

[perl #42429] [BUG]: docs/configuration.pod: Confusing use of term 'test'

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
Feedback requested on patch attached. Index: docs/configuration.pod === --- docs/configuration.pod (revision 18348) +++ docs/configuration.pod (working copy) @@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ F uses F, F should be in a directory called

[perl #42429] [BUG]: docs/configuration.pod: Confusing use of term 'test'

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Tue Apr 10 18:50:18 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are two points in docs/submission.pod where the word 'test' is > used is a way which, IMHO, is confusing. > It probably would have been more productive if I had correctly identified the file I was complaining about. The file in qu

[perl #41186] [BUG]: tools/build/ops2pm.pl: Variable used in both package scope and loop iteration

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
This problem was cleared up when lib/Parrot/Ops2pm/Utils.pm was committed to trunk in February.

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14388 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Apr 27 17:23:07 2007 New Revision: 14388 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: apostropheo from masoch++ Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14386 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread Daniel Hulme
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 05:08:49PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Author: larry > Date: Fri Apr 27 17:08:44 2007 > New Revision: 14386 > +The final C<::> is required here, because the C syntax > +is reserved for defining an autovivifiable protoobject along with > +it's initialization closure (s

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14387 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Apr 27 17:15:33 2007 New Revision: 14387 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: minor rewording Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod(original

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14386 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Apr 27 17:08:44 2007 New Revision: 14386 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod Log: more cleanup from TheDamian++ the ugly ::Animal initializers to .bless are gone; named args only bind params sub-blesses are now just initialized using o

Re: [perl #42776] [BUG] is isa ok?

2007-04-27 Thread Allison Randal
Matt Diephouse wrote: It looks like the PMC variant is correct in this case, because Object isn't actually a class. There's a class flag for PMCs that sets whether or not they are a class and Object doesn't have this set. When you call the PMC variant of isa, it calls Parrot_object_isa, and tha

[perl #42772] [PATCH] Re: mmx/sse copy functions (was: Puzzling structure in )

2007-04-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Andy Dougherty # Please include the string: [perl #42772] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42772 > On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2007 21:44 sch

[perl #42774] [PATCH] Configure.pl --gc=libc doesn't compile

2007-04-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Andy Dougherty # Please include the string: [perl #42774] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42774 > Unfortunately, Configure.pl --gc=libc doesn't compile. I don't know how long it's be

Re: [perl #42776] [BUG] is isa ok?

2007-04-27 Thread chromatic
On Friday 27 April 2007 16:27, jerry gay wrote: > thanks for the explanation. i believe src/pmc/default.pmc has the isa > vtable implementation for Object, by the way. > > so, given this differing behavior, these ops must be better > documented. Alternately, the ops should reflect the eventual ph

[perl #42775] [PATCH] PLATFORMS update for Solaris/SPARC

2007-04-27 Thread via RT
-ccB--- - - -Y/997 ? 20060530 +sol8-sparc-ccB--- - - -Y/441 ? 20070427 sol10-sparc-cc_5.8 BY-- Y Y YY/9 ? 20060807 sol10-sparc-gcc_4.0.2BY-- Y Y Y

Re: [perl #42776] [BUG] is isa ok?

2007-04-27 Thread jerry gay
On 4/27/07, Matt Diephouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/27/07, via RT Jerry Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Jerry Gay > # Please include the string: [perl #42776] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket

Re: [perl #42776] [BUG] is isa ok?

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Diephouse
On 4/27/07, via RT Jerry Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # New Ticket Created by Jerry Gay # Please include the string: [perl #42776] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42776 > there are two 'isa' ops, defined in

[perl #41201] [TODO] Remove temporary conf hack in Configure.pl

2007-04-27 Thread James Keenan via RT
The patch I submitted for this ticket has been superseded by the patch submitted to RT 42777 (http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42777).

[perl #41898] Build error with icc

2007-04-27 Thread Steve Peters via RT
On Sun Mar 18 12:21:18 2007, ptc wrote: > I don't know if this is a BUG or what so I'm just sending it plain. > I've just tried to build parrot with icc (not 100% sure if my build > flags are correct either), and I'm getting this build error: > > icc -o miniparrot compilers/imcc/main.o \ > -Wl

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14385 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread Luke Palmer
On 4/27/07, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Are you sure you want to guarantee left-to-right starting : position order? If there are multiple processors available, and : in a lazy context, it may be preferrable to not guarantee any : order. Then, if one processor that starts at a later

Re: [perl #42768] [PATCH] Enum cleanups

2007-04-27 Thread chromatic
On Friday 27 April 2007 12:22, Steve Peters wrote: > The attached additional patch fixes one problem caused by the previous > patch and gets Intel C++ to compile and pass all of its tests on > Linux. Only apply the attached patch after applying the first patch. This part bothers me: --- src/mmd

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14385 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 03:57:41PM -0400, John Macdonald wrote: : On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 08:46:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > +The matches are guaranteed to be returned in left-to-right order with : > +respect to the starting positions. The order within each starting : > +position is no

Re: [perl #41975] Makefile is missing dependencies on lib/Parrot/Pmc2c/PMETHODs.pm

2007-04-27 Thread jerry gay
On 4/27/07, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 22 March 2007 06:14, Andy Dougherty wrote: > I had to fix lib/Parrot/Pmc2c/PMETHODS.pm in order to get parrot to > compile. However, after fixing it, typing 'make' doesn't regenerate the > necessary files. There are missing dependenc

Re: [perl #41975] Makefile is missing dependencies on lib/Parrot/Pmc2c/PMETHODs.pm

2007-04-27 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 22 March 2007 06:14, Andy Dougherty wrote: > I had to fix lib/Parrot/Pmc2c/PMETHODS.pm in order to get parrot to > compile. However, after fixing it, typing 'make' doesn't regenerate the > necessary files. There are missing dependencies. The workaround is to do > some sort of 'make

Re: [perl #42768] [PATCH] Enum cleanups

2007-04-27 Thread Steve Peters
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:22:22AM -0700, Steve Peters wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Steve Peters > # Please include the string: [perl #42768] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42768 > > > > Intel C++ co

[perl #42776] [BUG] is isa ok?

2007-04-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jerry Gay # Please include the string: [perl #42776] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42776 > there are two 'isa' ops, defined in src/ops/object.ops one takes a string param, and the o

Re: [perl #42620] PGE 'Out of memory' panics.

2007-04-27 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, chromatic wrote: > On Wednesday 25 April 2007 08:31, Andy Dougherty wrote: > > > So, good detective work. ?I think you've plugged an important leak. ? > > Alas, there are still (at least) two problems: > > > > 1. ?It's still leaking memory badly for me. ?It improved from test

Re: [perl #42620] PGE 'Out of memory' panics.

2007-04-27 Thread chromatic
On Wednesday 25 April 2007 08:31, Andy Dougherty wrote: > So, good detective work.  I think you've plugged an important leak.   > Alas, there are still (at least) two problems: > > 1.  It's still leaking memory badly for me.  It improved from test 185 > to 227, but that's a long way from completin

Re: make test hangs in t/examples/shootout_1.pir

2007-04-27 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, chromatic wrote: > On Thursday 22 March 2007 07:14, Andy Dougherty wrote: > > > After applying the various build patches I posted earlier today, I tried > > running make test. Unforutnately, it appears to hang in > > t/examples/shootout_1.pir. It ran for about 15 hours befo

Re: make test hangs in t/examples/shootout_1.pir

2007-04-27 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 22 March 2007 07:14, Andy Dougherty wrote: > After applying the various build patches I posted earlier today, I tried > running make test. Unforutnately, it appears to hang in > t/examples/shootout_1.pir. It ran for about 15 hours before I finally > killed it. Curiously, it hadn't r

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14385 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread John Macdonald
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 08:46:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > +The matches are guaranteed to be returned in left-to-right order with > +respect to the starting positions. The order within each starting > +position is not guaranteed and may depend on the nature of both the > +pattern and the

Re: Is Parrot 1.0 too late?

2007-04-27 Thread whorf
Parrot moves beyond the fragile stack-based control flow common to virtual machines today, to a continuation-based control flow. (I can recommend a few good books and articles if you're curious.) Could you recommend the books and articles for the curious.

[perl #42769] can't create a variable named 'object'

2007-04-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jerry Gay # Please include the string: [perl #42769] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42769 > it seems that 'object' is a reserved word in imcc, it's a synonym for 'pmc'. it seems undoc

[perl #42768] [PATCH] Enum cleanups

2007-04-27 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Steve Peters # Please include the string: [perl #42768] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42768 > Intel C++ complains very loudly using enum types in variable and parameter declarations.

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14385 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-04-27 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Apr 27 08:46:01 2007 New Revision: 14385 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod Log: Correction noted by bsb++ Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S05.pod

Re: [PATCH] Re: [perl #42616] Parrot won't build with perl-5.6.

2007-04-27 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Jerry Gay via RT wrote: > 5.8.4 seems reasonable, given that nobody seems to care much about > dropping 5.6 support. however, before applying this patch, we should > consider a deprecation cycle, to warn folks that the next release > version will require a newer version of per

Re: [PATCH] Re: [perl #42616] Parrot won't build with perl-5.6.

2007-04-27 Thread jerry gay
On 4/27/07, Andy Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Allison Randal via RT wrote: > Will Coleda wrote: > > > > My take: our long term goal is to eliminate the dependency we have on > > perl. Let's not spend more time making it work with 5.6, but instead, > > devote that tim

[PATCH] Re: [perl #42616] Parrot won't build with perl-5.6.

2007-04-27 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Allison Randal via RT wrote: > Will Coleda wrote: > > > > My take: our long term goal is to eliminate the dependency we have on > > perl. Let's not spend more time making it work with 5.6, but instead, > > devote that time to furthering the the long term goal. I vote we jus

PDD15 'new' method.

2007-04-27 Thread Will Coleda
From PDD 15: $P1 = $P2.new( 'myattrib' => "Foo" ) Create a new instance object from the class object. It takes an optional, slurpy, named list of attributes and values to initialize the object. Passing attribute names that weren't declared in the class is an error. Is this functional yet

Re: [perl #42558] [RESOLVED] [PATCH] add runtime_prefix for interpinfo and use it in config.pir

2007-04-27 Thread Yehoshua Sapir
On 4/27/07, Yehoshua Sapir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See #34994: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=34994 (I tried to reply earlier to #34994 on RT but I guess that wasn't the right way to do it.) Anyway, there seems to be a long discussion about this at #34994. I've now tried run

Re: [perl #42616] Parrot won't build with perl-5.6.

2007-04-27 Thread Allison Randal
Will Coleda wrote: My take: our long term goal is to eliminate the dependency we have on perl. Let's not spend more time making it work with 5.6, but instead, devote that time to furthering the the long term goal. I vote we just up the (temporary!) requirement. Agreed. I hate yielding compa

S05 :exhaustive eg

2007-04-27 Thread Brad Bowman
Hi, Is the ordering of the output of this example in S05 correct? ( http://perlcabal.org/syn/S05.html#Modifiers ) $str = "abracadabra"; if $str ~~ m:exhaustive/ a (.*) a / { say "@()";# br brac bracad bracadabr c cad cadabr d dabr br } I assume that there is an ordering

Re: [perl #42558] [RESOLVED] [PATCH] add runtime_prefix for interpinfo and use it in config.pir

2007-04-27 Thread Yehoshua Sapir
See #34994: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=34994 (I tried to reply earlier to #34994 on RT but I guess that wasn't the right way to do it.) Anyway, there seems to be a long discussion about this at #34994. I've now tried running make reallyinstall . The runtime prefix returned is