FYI I'm not trying to speak for Rick, but I do know that he is without electricity due to some serious snow this past weekend.
Lee On 10/31/2011 2:14 PM, CVBruce wrote: > I just want to add that when I tested the sample program, I got different > results than the author of the bug. Consider that on Linux/Unix/MacOS that > the current directory is not automatically searched, unless it is in the > environment PATH variable. Perhaps people that are used to Windows add the > current directory to PATH, but people that "grew up" on UNIX have been > trained not to do that for security reasons. > > In the sample program there are four calls to HEY. My results under ooRexx > 4.0.1 were: > Hello! > Hello! > ERROR HEY not found > ERROR HEY not found > This was due to direcories 'a' and 'b' not being in my PATH. > > While my results under ooRexx 4.2.0 were: > Hello! > Hello! > Hello! > Hello! > > My personal opinion is that ooRexx 4.2.0 is working as the documentation > indicates it should work. Also, I think that the way it is documented to > work is the way I would like it to work, if I had a choice. > > The next question is, is there a workaround for the person who entered the > bug report. Could the person alter the PATH in the environment to attain the > desired results? > > Bruce > On Oct 31, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Chip Davis wrote: > >> Yes, but that was simply a bug report against 4.0.1 that was applied >> to 4.1.0. I found what looks like the original RFE to change the >> behavior of 3.2.0 to always look in the caller's directory first. >> >> RFE1666636 seems to be the point at which ooRexx 'Call' routine lookup >> diverges from IBM Object REXX, and Classic Rexx for that matter. >> >> THAT is where the the trail ends. I can find no reference to that RFE >> in any of the Tracker or Forums files. It shows up in five postings >> to the Oorexx-svn mailing list. Those postings are nothing but SVN >> update logs which include the line: >> >> + * 1666636 - Add source of caller to function search order. >> >> The earliest mention of 1666636 is as an RFE update 4087 to 3.2.0 on >> 2009-02-06 03:11:42 +0000 (Fri, 06 Feb 2009). >> >> I can find no information on who submitted the RFE, the rationale >> behind it, or any discussion of its merits, necessity, unintended >> consequences, or anything else. I have not gone so far as to checkout >> the 3.2.0 source to see if there is any commentary in the code, and >> frankly that shouldn't be necessary. >> >> -Chip- >> >> On 10/31/11 13:31 Uli Zinngrebe said: >>> On Sunday 30 Oct 2011 05:54:21 Mark Miesfeld wrote: >>>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Mark Miesfeld<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Chip Davis<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It's doubtful to me that the behavior changed between 4.0.1 and 4.1.0. >>>>> But, he did attach a test program, so I'll give it a try. >>>> Well, that was a surprise, the behavior did change between 4.0.1 and >>>> 4.1.0. I got this result under 4.0.1: >>>> >>> >>> Are you aware of bug ID 2978925 ? >>> (External search path: skips "same" takes "current" directory) >>> >>> Cheers, Uli >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Get your Android app more play: Bring it to the BlackBerry PlayBook >>> in minutes. 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