Re: [perl #47970] [BUG] json test fails with --gc-debug when Parrot built with ccache

2007-12-07 Thread Joshua Isom
On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:13 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: Also, in case it matters, I'm on x86 (32-bit) for this. Pm Does it still occur after `ccache -C`? Since ccache uses md5, there's always the possibility you inadvertently discovered a collision in md5. Might want to back up ~/.ccac

Re: [perl #48226] [Patch] Option 'exec' for Parrot::Test::Harness

2007-12-07 Thread chromatic
On Friday 07 December 2007 18:09:57 Joshua Juran wrote: > On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, chromatic wrote: > > Everything looks reasonable to me, except q{} versus q{ } which are > > barely discernable and offers (to my mind) only disadvantages over '' > > versus ' ' which is much more distinguishable

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread chromatic
On Friday 07 December 2007 05:23:39 Allison Randal wrote: > I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. > Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible > (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). > > To test it, edit src/inter_create

Re: [perl #48226] [Patch] Option 'exec' for Parrot::Test::Harness

2007-12-07 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, chromatic wrote: Everything looks reasonable to me, except q{} versus q{ } which are barely discernable and offers (to my mind) only disadvantages over '' versus ' ' which is much more distinguishable. Would "" vs. " " be a further improvement? Josh

Re: perl 6 and web open source projects

2007-12-07 Thread Mark J. Reed
I do think It Would Be Nice If there were a native Perl6 DRY/MVC/OMG/WTF/BBQ webapp dev framework ready to go (go where? into a webapp-oriented P6 distro, natch) around the same time that the lang itself is done. I imagine a port of Catalyst would fit the bill nicely. I mention this only because I

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14473 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread Jonathan Lang
> @@ -264,17 +264,34 @@ > The C<.next> and C<.last> methods take an optional argument giving > the final value of that loop iteration. So the old C > syntax is still allowed but is really short for C using > -indirect object syntax. > +indirect object syntax. Any block object can be used, not

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14473 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 16:58:49 2007 New Revision: 14473 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: More loop control tweakage. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread Jonathan Lang
> @@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ > @evens = ($_ * 2 if .odd for 0..100); > > Loop modifiers C, C, and C also work as in Perl5. > +However, the labelled forms use method call syntax: C, etc. > +The C<.next> and C<.last> methods take an optional argument giving > +the final value of that loop iteration.

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:25:14PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote: > On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: >> That is my take on it: "Everything is bigger in Texas", even French >> Quotes. > > > You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the > Paris, Texas explanation :)

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 15:26:16 2007 New Revision: 14472 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: Some clarification of break semantics requested by dataweaver++ Generalize next, last, and break to use LABEL.leave($retval) syntax. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod ===

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: That is my take on it: "Everything is bigger in Texas", even French Quotes. You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the Paris, Texas explanation :) -- Andy Armstrong, Hexten

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 5:46 PM, Thom Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > But, back to Perl I didn't get an answer to my follow-up question: > > So, it's because <> is so much bigger than «this», "this", or 'this'? snip That is my take on it: "Everything is bigger in Texas", even French Quotes.

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:47:05AM +0100, Juerd Waalboer wrote: : Jonathan Lang skribis 2007-12-06 16:36 (-0800): : > > I know it used to be that way back near the Dawn of Time, but methods : > > don't automatically topicalize anymore unless you explicitly name : > > one of the parameters '$_': : >

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:36:26PM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : Larry Wall wrote: : > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:40:10AM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : > : or (I think): : > : : > : method test ($value) { : > : setup(); : > : when $value { doit() } #[smart-match the calling object $_ agai

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 11:50 AM, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: > > Larry Wall wrote: > >> Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged > >> about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Allison Randal
Andy Dougherty wrote: Whether this is a defect in the vtables_4 test sourcefile for failing to initialize the vtables, or whether pmc_new ought to be more defensive, I can't say. Looks like a bug in the test, as there are other things in Parrot_exit that won't behave appropriately without an

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Allison Randal wrote: > I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. Before > I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible (especially > Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). > > To test it, edit src/inter_create.c and uncomme

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 08:45:03PM +0200, Allison Randal wrote: > jerry gay wrote: > >> > >looks good to me. commit away! > >nice work. > > I've got a clean report on our core platform targets, so committed in > r23574. As usual, please report any issues. r23574 gives me failures in t/src/vtable

[svn:parrot-pdd] r23575 - trunk/docs/pdds

2007-12-07 Thread pmichaud
Author: pmichaud Date: Fri Dec 7 11:10:06 2007 New Revision: 23575 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd23_exceptions.pod Log: [docs]: * Note non-working code in pdd23, reference RT#48320. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd23_exceptions.pod ===

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Allison Randal
jerry gay wrote: looks good to me. commit away! nice work. I've got a clean report on our core platform targets, so committed in r23574. As usual, please report any issues. Thanks! Allison

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread jerry gay
On Dec 7, 2007 5:23 AM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. > Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible > (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). > > To test it, edit src/inte

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, "Texas quotes"?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: > Larry Wall wrote: >> Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged >> about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest >> everything, including ten-gallon hats. That was before we added Ala

[perl #48320] [BUG] Example in pdd23 doesn't work

2007-12-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #48320] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48320 > At the bottom of pdd23 there's an example of creating and throwing an exception th

Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Allison Randal
I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). To test it, edit src/inter_create.c and uncomment the two lines that start with 'Parrot_cx...".

[perl #48312] [TODO] add get_fd method to ParrotIO

2007-12-07 Thread Will Coleda via RT
On Fri Dec 07 05:10:15 2007, coke wrote: > From PDD22: > > C retrieves the UNIX integer file descriptor of a stream object. > The opcode has been replaced by a 'get_fd' method on the ParrotIO > object. > > -- > > This ticket is to track the creation of the get_fd method. Also from PDD22:

[svn:parrot-pdd] r23568 - in trunk: . docs/pdds

2007-12-07 Thread coke
Author: coke Date: Fri Dec 7 05:15:47 2007 New Revision: 23568 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd22_io.pod Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/DEPRECATED.pod Log: [docs] Open two tickets to track the deprecation of one item and the feature that is replacing it Modif

[perl #48312] [TODO] add get_fd method to ParrotIO

2007-12-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #48312] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48312 > From PDD22: C retrieves the UNIX integer file descriptor of a stream object. The opcod

[perl #48310] [DEPRECATED] getfd opcode

2007-12-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #48310] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48310 > From PDD22: C retrieves the UNIX integer file descriptor of a stream object. The opcod

[svn:parrot-pdd] r23567 - trunk/docs/pdds

2007-12-07 Thread coke
Author: coke Date: Fri Dec 7 05:05:56 2007 New Revision: 23567 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd22_io.pod Log: [docs] Remove reference to "will-be-deprecated" opcode from pdd which was apparently already removed. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd22_io.pod ==

Re: [ANN] SF parrot win32

2007-12-07 Thread François Perrad
Andrew Shitov wrote: I have no personal web site, so I create the project parrotwin32 on sourceforge : http://parrotwin32.sourceforge.net/ Cool, and I also promoted it at http://perl6.ru/parrotwin32/. But an attempt to run perl6.pbc faied: C:\Program Files\parrot-0.5.0-devel>"bin/parrot.exe"