Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-09-04 Thread Ariel Scolnicov
Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have you seen http://search.cpan.org/doc/GREGOR/psh-0.008/doc/psh.pod and > the other tools it references? I haven't used it/them myself - what you > propose has never itched enough for me to scratch it with anything more > than a one-liner - but it a

Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-09-03 Thread Tom Christiansen
I've always liked Perl's demo mode: perl -demo :-) --tom

Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-09-03 Thread Peter Scott
Have you seen http://search.cpan.org/doc/GREGOR/psh-0.008/doc/psh.pod and the other tools it references? I haven't used it/them myself - what you propose has never itched enough for me to scratch it with anything more than a one-liner - but it appears to have the kind of features you want. D

Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-09-01 Thread Markus Peter
--On 31.08.2000 23:54 Uhr + Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > This and other RFCs are available on the web at > http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ > > =head1 TITLE > > Perl should support an interactive mode. Most of what you want is already implemented in the perl shell available at http://sourceforge

Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-08-31 Thread Ariel Scolnicov
"Michael Maraist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > First, the current debugger allows multi-lines if you use "\" at the end of > the line ( a la C ). Thanks. TomC also pointed this out. I still don't like it, though. (But it will be added to the next revision). Take a look at what sh will

Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-08-31 Thread Michael Maraist
I'll be brief because windows just crashed on me. First, the current debugger allows multi-lines if you use "\" at the end of the line ( a la C ). Second, lexically scoped variables will dissapear on subsequent debugger lines since their scope is wrapped in an eval. For the most part, the debug

Re: RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-08-31 Thread Tom Christiansen
>The most serious obstacle to easy interaction is the impossibility of >typing multiple line commands to a Perl debugger (see below). % man perldebug ... Multiline commands If you want to enter a multi-line command, such as a subroutine definition with

RFC 184 (v1) Perl should support an interactive mode.

2000-08-31 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE Perl should support an interactive mode. =head1 VERSION Maintainer: Ariel Scolnicov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 31 Aug 2000 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 1 Number: 184 Status: Developin