CSS::Specification and CSS::Module: https://github.com/p6-css/CSS-Specification-p6/issues/2
That's basically it. We won't see any other affected modules from toaster data. On 2017-09-13 18:54:42, alex.jakime...@gmail.com wrote: > NCurses, Term::Choose, Term::Choose::Util, and Term::TablePrint: > https://github.com/azawawi/perl6-ncurses/issues/16 > > This one is weird because it seems to be working unless you run it > under prove. > Perhaps the module is alright but it's the test that is broken. > > On 2017-09-13 18:16:56, alex.jakime...@gmail.com wrote: > > FWIW there is still some ecosystem fallout (possibly very minor). > > I'll be > > linking issues here so that we have all things in one place. > > > > IO::MiddleMan and Lumberjack: > > https://github.com/zoffixznet/perl6-IO-MiddleMan/issues/5 > > On 2017-09-11 04:18:39, elizabeth wrote: > > > Fixed with 3c9cfdba88287e23e0ced8 (and further refined by later > > > commits), tests needed. > > > > > > > On 6 Sep 2017, at 15:38, jn...@jnthn.net via RT <perl6-bugs- > > > > follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:11:19 -0700, allber...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:40 AM, jn...@jnthn.net via RT < > > > >> perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Failing to close output handles has been clearly documented > > > >>> (and > > > >>> yes, > > > >>> documented well before the recent buffering change) as > > > >>> something > > > >>> that can > > > >>> cause data loss. Default output buffering just makes it quite a > > > >>> lot > > > >>> more > > > >>> likely to show up. > > > >>> > > > >>> While there will be some ecosystem fallout like this, > > > >>> unfortunately > > > >>> I > > > >>> don't think it's avoidable. If we whip out the patch that turns > > > >>> output > > > >>> buffering on by default for non-TTYs for this release, then > > > >>> when > > > >>> will we > > > >>> include it? The longer we leave it, the more painful it will > > > >>> be, > > > >>> because > > > >>> more code will be written that is careless with handles. > > > >>> > > > >>> I don't think "leave it off by default" is a good option > > > >>> either, > > > >>> otherwise > > > >>> we get to spend the next decade hearing "Perl 6 I/O is slow" > > > >>> because it'd > > > >>> be one of the only languages that doesn't buffer its output > > > >>> without > > > >>> an > > > >>> explicit flag being passed to enable that (which nearly nobody > > > >>> doing quick > > > >>> benchmarks will know to use). > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> Are we missing something to flush/close handles at exit? Leaving > > > >> it > > > >> to a GC > > > >> that may not finalize before exit is not really an option. > > > >> > > > > To recap the IRC discussion yesterday: no, we haven't had this so > > > > far > > > > (except for stdout/stderr), and have gotten away with it due to > > > > the > > > > lack of output buffering. At present, we can either choose > > > > between: > > > > > > > > 1) Start keeping a list of open files, and at exit close them > > > > (flushing is already part of closing). This can be done at Perl 6 > > > > level, in the same place we make sure to run END blocks. > > > > > > > > 2) Having unclosed handles possible to GC, and closing them > > > > if/when > > > > they get GC'd. > > > > > > > > Today we are doing #2. We could switch to doing #1. We can't > > > > currently do both, because the moment we start keeping a list of > > > > open > > > > handles then they can't be GC'd, and so #2 can't happen. > > > > > > > > My initial inclination was to preserve behavior #2, though others > > > > have pointed out that behavior #1 is more useful for debugging in > > > > that it ensures log files, for example, will be written in the > > > > event > > > > of a crash, and a program relying on behavior #2 could already > > > > run > > > > out of handles today anyway if it were less lucky with GC timing. > > > > This is a fair argument, and the automatic close at exit might be > > > > softer on the ecosystem too (but would have done nothing for the > > > > Text::CSV case, which is the original subject of this ticket, > > > > because > > > > it wrote a file, didn't close it, then separately opened it for > > > > reading). > > > > > > > > There's probably enough consensus to switch to option #1, and > > > > lizmat++ mentioned maybe looking into a patch to do that. > > > > > > > > In the longer run, we can have both, but it depends on > > > > implementing > > > > weak references. In terms of backend support, the JVM does have > > > > them, > > > > and it seems there's an npm package [1] exposing v8 weak refs so > > > > a > > > > Node.js backend could support that also. I'm OK with adding them > > > > to > > > > MoarVM in the future, but both doing that and exposing weak > > > > references at Perl 6 level would be a non-small, and certainly > > > > non- > > > > trivial, task.