Parrot_get_runtime_prefix has a bad interface

2007-06-16 Thread Andy Lester
I cringe at functions where the behavior is dependent on parms passed in. In the case of Parrot_get_runtime_prefix, if you call it as Parrot_get_runtime_prefix(&str) then str is populated, or if you call Parrot_get_runtime_prefix(NULL) then you get a malloced string. It should be split int

[perl #43231] [BUG] :slurpy :named after :optional fails

2007-06-16 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #43231] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43231 > Defining a .sub with both :optional (positional) and :slurpy :named parameters res

[perl #31980] Factorial example gives incorrect result

2007-06-16 Thread Allison Randal via RT
On Mon Feb 20 16:23:46 2006, jhoblitt at hawaii.edu wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 01:03:59AM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > > > > On Feb 20, 2006, at 23:44, Joshua Hoblitt via RT wrote: > > > > >What happened to the factorial PASM example? It seems to have > > >disappeared and it hasn't re-

[perl #43230] Parrotcode.org

2007-06-16 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by GDR! # Please include the string: [perl #43230] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43230 > Hi, I tried to subscribe to the Parrot list, however the address supplied doesn't work ([EM

Re: [perl #39426] [BUG] Can't build with cygwin.

2007-06-16 Thread Eric Hanchrow
> "Paul" == Paul Cochrane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> Cygwin is building for me without the PATH setting as of Paul> r19022. Not for me, alas: $ svn up -r19022 $ perl Makefile.PL $ make all ... Invoking Parrot to generate runtime/parrot/include/config.fpmc

Parrot in hardware

2007-06-16 Thread GDR!
Hi, I'm new here so I'll say hello - I'm GDR!. I was looking at the Parrot project recently and I'd like to implement the VM in hardware. I'm not deeply into the project, however, so I'd like to ask you if the Parrot bytecode is now stable enough to begin hardware developement - I wouldn't li

[perl #43227] [PATCH] lua - cleanup of temporary files

2007-06-16 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Paul Cochrane # Please include the string: [perl #43227] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43227 > I've not really hacked much pir before so I thought instead of committing this patch, I

Re: [perl #41569] t/distro/file_metadata.t fails on win32

2007-06-16 Thread Paul Cochrane
Ron, >> I simple changed the backward slashes to forward slashes, thus forward >> slashes everywhere. > > Which was what *I* intended to do with my patch, but after staring at > it long enough, I realised that's not what *it* was saying! :-) > Ooops. Oh, I see. Sorry I didn't get this right.

Re: [perl #39426] [BUG] Can't build with cygwin.

2007-06-16 Thread Paul Cochrane
Paul Cochrane wrote: >> Without the manual setting of PATH before building? > > With the manual PATH setting. There are several tickets for cygwin > not building in RT; are they all related? Is there something like a > hints file where the information about the PATH can be set so that > cygwin b