I made some test with the script "test.pl" attached. This script, with OWNet.pm 2.9p0, returns values as the owserver is up&running, even it isn't.
Applying this patch the test scripts get correct values.
I'm not absolutely sure this patch is the best way to solve, but these are
my 2 cents :)
Giulio!
2013/6/17 Giulio Carabetta <giulio.carabe...@gmail.com>
> I was cleaning up my script, before making it public, and I'm reminded of a
> possible bug in the OWNet.pm perl library.
>
> Reading the man I thought I understand that calling:
>
> my $ owserver = OWNet->new ("localhost:4303");
>
> while the server is not active, the expected behavior would be that $
> owserver is undefined.
>
> But it seems that this does not happen ever.
>
> For now I have found a little workaround:
>
> my $ owserver = OWNet-> new ("localhost: 4304");
> print $ owserver-> dir ("/");
> if (defined ($ owserver-> {SOCK})) {
> print "ERROR";
> }
>
> Only after a bus access (I tested dir) I can check the SOCK definition.
>
> If it is as expected, I'll promote the workaround as "normal check",
> otherwise I'll try to dig in the lib :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Giulio
>
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