Change 31367 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2007/06/12 08:33:40
Subject: [PATCH] perltodo: more vtable musings
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:15:26 +0300 (EEST)
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/pod/perltodo.pod#180 edit
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==== //depot/perl/pod/perltodo.pod#180 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perltodo.pod
--- perl/pod/perltodo.pod#179~31333~ 2007-06-05 03:10:33.000000000 -0700
+++ perl/pod/perltodo.pod 2007-06-12 01:33:40.000000000 -0700
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@
opendir(), closedir(), seekdir(), rewinddir(), glob(); symlink(),
readlink().
+See also L</"Virtualize operating system access">.
+
=head2 -C on the #! line
It should be possible to make -C work correctly if found on the #! line,
@@ -643,14 +645,18 @@
implementation, the approaches could be merged.
What would this give us? One often-asked-for feature this would
-enable is using Unicode for filenames (and other "names" like %ENV,
-usernames, hostnames, and so forth.) But this would also allow for
-things like virtual filesystems, virtual networks, and "sandboxes"
-(though as long as dynamic loading of random object code is allowed,
-not very safe sandboxes since external code of course know not of
-Perl's vtables). An example of a smaller "sandbox" is that this
-feature can be used to implement per-thread working directories:
-Win32 already does this.
+enable is using Unicode for filenames, and other "names" like %ENV,
+usernames, hostnames, and so forth.
+(See L<perlunicode/"When Unicode Does Not Happen">.)
+
+But this kind of virtualization would also allow for things like
+virtual filesystems, virtual networks, and "sandboxes" (though as long
+as dynamic loading of random object code is allowed, not very safe
+sandboxes since external code of course know not of Perl's vtables).
+An example of a smaller "sandbox" is that this feature can be used to
+implement per-thread working directories: Win32 already does this.
+
+See also L</"Extend PerlIO and PerlIO::Scalar">.
=head1 Big projects
End of Patch.
