On Tue 05 Nov 2002 15:12, Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Suggestions for chansaw part 2? > > > > ==== //depot/metaconfig/U/threads/usethreads.U#15 - >/pro/3gl/CPAN/metaconfig/U/threads/usethreads.U ==== > > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ > > ?RCS: > > ?RCS: $Log: usethreads.U,v $ > > ?RCS: > > -?MAKE:usethreads useithreads use5005threads d_oldpthreads usereentrant: \ > > +?MAKE:usethreads useithreads d_oldpthreads usereentrant: \ > > My overall suggestion is to make really minimal changes to this unit > (IOW, revert all your suggested changes and start from scratch): > (1) only change the wording of the messages to mirror the reality: > (a) version 5.6 has only 5005 threads > (b) version 5.8 has the choice > (c) versions 5.10 and later have only ithreads > In general, unless the user has done -Duse5005threads, the messages > should not even mention 5005threads. > (2) if the version is 5.8 (see my earlier message about how the usedevel > unit works), no functional changes should happen (that is, someone > should still be able to choose 5005threads, if they are foolish enough) > (3) if the version is not 5.8 but someone tried to enable 5005threads, abort > (Maybe add '6' to the (2) so that we are even 5.6.2-proof)
Grrr. OK. Will have a second look. [ I was so happy to have the chainsaw job almost done ] I'll tread with care in the future ... trip, trip tiptoe -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/) using perl-5.6.1, 5.8.0 & 633 on HP-UX 10.20 & 11.00, AIX 4.2, AIX 4.3, WinNT 4, Win2K pro & WinCE 2.11. Smoking perl CORE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://archives.develooper.com/daily-build@;perl.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] send smoke reports to: [EMAIL PROTECTED], QA: http://qa.perl.org
