[perl #49818] [PATCH] Do not check for memalign on QNX 6

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Matt Kraai # Please include the string: [perl #49818] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49818 > Howdy, Configure.pl's check for memalign hangs on QNX 6 because the call to memalign in t

Re: Perl6 spec test suite

2008-01-15 Thread Larry Wall
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:22:44PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:35:17PM +0100, Cosimo Streppone wrote: : > - Is [1] the correct way of declaring "todo" tests? : > What's the equivalent in new compiler directives : > of `:todo', `:todo', and ':todo'? : > [1] t/sp

[perl #49812] Convert perl6 to use .HLL

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #49812] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49812 > The perl6 compiler needs to be converted to make use of Parrot's .HLL directive an

[perl #49810] [PATCH] [lolcode] IT should be local, and functions should return IT.

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Stuart Jansen # Please include the string: [perl #49810] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49810 > The lolcode 1.2 spec states: "All variable scope, as of this version, is local to the

[perl #49808] [PATCH] [lolcode] ifthen should only evaluate first expression once

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Stuart Jansen # Please include the string: [perl #49808] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49808 > The bare expression before an O RLY? should both set IT and be used as a test in the O

[perl #49806] [PATCH] [lolcode] Explain rationale of tests

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Stuart Jansen # Please include the string: [perl #49806] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49806 > The purpose of some tests is non-obvious. Add a short comment to each test explaining

Re: Synopsis smartlinks don't display correctly...

2008-01-15 Thread Agent Zhang
On Jan 15, 2008 6:13 AM, Cosimo Streppone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I refactored the S29 tests into t/spec/S29-str, > the smartlinks don't display correctly anymore. > Heh, IIRC, I noticed such problems months *before* you refactored the S29 tests ;) > If you go here: > >http://perlc

[perl #47395] t/configure/115-auto-warnings.t assumes cc -Wall works.

2008-01-15 Thread James Keenan via RT
Patches applied to trunk in r24898.

Parrot 0.5.2 Released [phew!]

2008-01-15 Thread Bob Rogers
OK, I think this is finally done. Some notes: 1. During testing, t/dynpmc/gdbmhash.t failed during "make test" with "[SIGNAL 8]" (SIGFPE) -- twice -- but not when I reran it manually. I hope this doesn't become a FAQ . . . 2. I created a new release schedule page on the wiki for 2008,

Parrot 0.5.2 Released

2008-01-15 Thread Bob Rogers
On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.5.2 "P.e. nipalensis." Parrot (http://parrotcode.org/) is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages. Parrot 0.5.2 can be obtained via CPAN (soon), or follow the download instructions at http://parrotcode.org/source.html.

[perl #49802] [TODO] partcl - convert 'make tclsh' to be like 'make perl6'

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #49802] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49802 > Right now 'make tclsh' invokes the tcl.pbc with no file args, dumping it into interactive

Re: [perl #49762] [configure] JIT configuration problems on OS X

2008-01-15 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
I found someone in my office with Leopard on their laptop. I'll try to take a stab at this over the weekend. -J -- On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:02:32PM +0900, Simon Cozens wrote: > Joshua Hoblitt via RT wrote: > >What is the OSX toolchain solution for inline asm with fat binaries? > > Architectur

Re: [perl #49794] Configure.pl syntax errors - revision 24880

2008-01-15 Thread Andy_Bach
Okay, fine w/ me. I'd not changed anything since ... since well 11/30/06 when I ran into the updated svn issue. Perhaps this is the first Configure change since then ... Anyway, just wanted to get it in there in case it was something worthwhile. Close the bug, please. a Andy Bach Systems Ma

[perl #49794] Configure.pl syntax errors - revision 24880

2008-01-15 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer via RT
On Di. 15. Jan. 2008, 09:04:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Line 366 was: > <<< .mine >use 5.008_000; >use strict; >use warnings; >use lib 'lib'; > > just after here. So I deleted Configure.pl reran the svn fetch (showed no > files transfered) and the new Configure.pl work

[svn:parrot-pdd] r24886 - trunk/docs/pdds

2008-01-15 Thread bernhard
Author: bernhard Date: Tue Jan 15 11:33:55 2008 New Revision: 24886 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd17_pmc.pod Log: [doc] Mention Pair PMC in PDD 17 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd17_pmc.pod == --- trunk/docs/pdds/pdd17_p

[perl #46907] [TODO] Resolve Copyright in tools/build/pbc2c.pl

2008-01-15 Thread Allison Randal via RT
Cleaned up copyright, after talking to Gregor (who is sending in a signed contributor agreement). Resolved in r24885.

Re: [perl #49794] Configure.pl syntax errors - revision 24880

2008-01-15 Thread chromatic
On Tuesday 15 January 2008 09:04:47 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > just after here.  So I deleted Configure.pl reran the svn fetch (showed no > files transfered) and the new Configure.pl worked fine. > > Did I catch a partially implemented svn update? Subversion does that when there's a conflict in t

Re: [perl #45137] [TODO] Add a revision control test in Configure.pl

2008-01-15 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
James Keenan via RT schrieb: The question I would have is: What is the functionality of src/revision.c -- the file written by tools/build/revision_c.pl when the latter script is invoked by 'make'? It looks like it provides the C-function Parrot_revision() which is used in compilers/imcc/ma

[perl #49794] Configure.pl syntax errors - revision 24880

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Please include the string: [perl #49794] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49794 > A nightly cvs update and make smoke and I've been seeing failures for about 3 days

Re: [perl #49780] [config] m4 doesn't "hang", it does its job...

2008-01-15 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
James Keenan via RT schrieb: Since we're on the subject of m4 ... Are the concerns raised in this ticket still valid? http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43857 Yes, that's still a very sensible TODO. http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=31633 is also related to th

[perl #45137] [TODO] Add a revision control test in Configure.pl

2008-01-15 Thread James Keenan via RT
Having looked a bit more at Parrot::Revision and the instances where it is used, I *think* we can make it go away completely, at least as a separate module, and incorporate its functionality within config/auto/revision.pm. Most of the files in which it is used are the tests which I myself wrote to

[perl #49780] [config] m4 doesn't "hang", it does its job...

2008-01-15 Thread James Keenan via RT
Since we're on the subject of m4 ... Are the concerns raised in this ticket still valid? http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43857

Re: [perl #49780] [config] m4 doesn't "hang", it does its job...

2008-01-15 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
Simon Cozens (via RT) schrieb: # New Ticket Created by Simon Cozens # Please include the string: [perl #49780] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49780 > There's some code in config to detect 'm4 --version' "h

[perl #49790] Parrot 0.6.0 release

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Bob Rogers # Please include the string: [perl #49790] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49790 > Placeholder for issues related to the 0.6.0 release, planned for February 19, 2008.

[perl #45137] [TODO] Add a revision control test in Configure.pl

2008-01-15 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Tue Jan 15 05:40:23 2008, doughera wrote: [snip] > Configure.pl has successfully completed the ctags detection (notice > the > 'no.' at the end of that line. The error messages are coming from the > beginning of the next step, 'Determining Parrot's revision', > which makes sense. [sigh of rel

[perl #49788] [PATCH] Bypass Subversion bug 2640

2008-01-15 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Michal Jurosz # Please include the string: [perl #49788] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49788 > Attached patch bypass Subversion bug 2640 for languages/lolcode/src/builtins/var_or_fu

Re: [perl #49314] [PATCH] pbc_to_exe should list libraries last

2008-01-15 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, chromatic via RT wrote: > On Wednesday 02 January 2008 10:18:49 Andy Dougherty wrote: > > > In order to get pbc_to_exe to work with the Solaris linker, I had to move > > the libraries to the end of the link line. That's not surprising -- > > traditional Unix linkers process

Re: The horror, the Unicode horror

2008-01-15 Thread Allison Randal
Simon Cozens wrote: I think this means we need a strings programming PDD. If this is a good idea, I'll write one, but I will need help. But really, really, I honestly think we need to start sorting this out early, before it becomes endemic and we get so stuck in the *s++ mindset it's ha

Parrot release 0.5.2

2008-01-15 Thread Bob Rogers
. . . is now underway. Since I started it by creating a release branch, the "code slush" is over, and the trunk is once again open for business as usual. Thanks for your patience, -- Bob

Re: [perl #45137] [TODO] Add a revision control test in Configure.pl

2008-01-15 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, James Keenan via RT wrote: > On Mon Jan 14 07:41:36 2008, doughera wrote: > > > Apparently not. I am looking at the case where I have neither svn nor > > svk > > nor git available in $PATH. > > > > During the original Configure.pl run, I see: > > > > Determining whethe

The horror, the Unicode horror

2008-01-15 Thread Simon Cozens
Hello all. This is a plea from the heart. Parrot was designed from the very beginning to support abstract interfaces to strings, to avoid the scary hairiness we had converting a Unicode-agnostic Perl 5.5 into a Unicode-aware 5.6. Believe me, it was not fun. So when I see stuff like th

Re: ubuntu-ppc-trunk BUILD FAILED

2008-01-15 Thread Paul Cochrane
On 15/01/2008, Matisse Enzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2008, at 1:00 AM, Paul Cochrane wrote: > > > Matisse, > > > > this is great work! Would it be possible for you to summarise this on > > the parrot wiki somewhere?[1] Then we have a more permanent and > > central location for t