[MacPerl] Line termination issues with IO::Socket?

2001-02-24 Thread Lord Praetor Satanus of Acheron
I just downloaded and tried out Bill Weinman's BW-WHOIS on MacPerl, and got output which suggests it's not handling the line terminators of the WHOIS service output correctly. (You can get a copy at http://bw.org/ ) I've even tried experimenting with different $/ settings prior to the USE statem

[MacPerl] Problems under OS9

2001-02-24 Thread David Groskind
I have a Perl script that runs fine on OS8.6 but crashes with a dozen out of memory errors when run on OS9. The script uses Net::FTP. When I remove all code except the line "use Net::FTP" I get the error messages as well. Curiously, when I run the syntax checker on FTP.pm, I also get the error me

Re: [MacPerl] Perl, Modules and me

2001-02-24 Thread Jeff Lowrey
At 6:27 PM +0100 2/24/01, Jan Erik Moström wrote: >On 2001-02-24 at 17:08, Bart Lateur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Sorry, this should of course have my name as the sender and I have no idea why >Bart Lateur name/email address was given as the sender. Something to >investigate >further (none of m

Re: [MacPerl] Perl, Modules and me

2001-02-24 Thread Jan Erik Moström
On 2001-02-24 at 17:08, Bart Lateur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, what can I say: I've read all the manual pages that I could > find, the Programming Perl book, the answers I got and ... now it > seems to work. > > I can't say that I understand why it didn't work but at least I think > I un

Re: [MacPerl] Perl, Modules and me

2001-02-24 Thread Bart Lateur
Well, what can I say: I've read all the manual pages that I could find, the Programming Perl book, the answers I got and ... now it seems to work. I can't say that I understand why it didn't work but at least I think I understand how it works. Well, when (should I say 'if' 8-) I truly understand

Re: [MacPerl] Perl, Modules and me

2001-02-24 Thread Bart Lateur
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:13:45 -0800, Bruce Van Allen wrote: >1. Don't put the same variable (e.g., @EXPORT_OK) in a 'use vars ...' >declaration more than once in a module. Not a bad idea. The reason why he needs it more than once, is because this "use vars" thing is in a block. Just put it upfro