RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 01:11 PM 1/1/2002 -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: > > From: Dan Sugalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > At 11:09 AM 1/1/2002 -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: > > >Ok, I understand that this hasn't been implemented due to > > the believe > > >that it's a dangerous feature (Programming Perl). But would > >

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Sterin, Ilya
> -Original Message- > From: Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:12 PM > To: 'Dan Sugalski'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Using stringified address > > > > > > -Original Message- >

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Sterin, Ilya
> -Original Message- > From: Dan Sugalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:59 AM > To: Sterin, Ilya; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Using stringified address > > > At 11:09 AM 1/1/2002 -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: > >Ok,

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 11:09 AM 1/1/2002 -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: >Ok, I understand that this hasn't been implemented due to the believe >that it's a dangerous feature (Programming Perl). But would it be ok to >enable/disable it with a specific pragma? Might happen. Larry's talked about it on and off, and if you

Re: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:58:48AM -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: > I still can't understand why is this such a bad thing, especially if you > can check for it with pragmas. I guess I've been reading all this stuff > about how dangerous and bad this is, with no explanation. I mean a lot > of things

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Sterin, Ilya
> -Original Message- > From: Simon Cozens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 8:54 AM > To: Sterin, Ilya > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Using stringified address > > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:38:16AM -0800, Sterin, Ily

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Sterin, Ilya
> -Original Message- > From: Simon Cozens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 8:54 AM > To: Sterin, Ilya > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Using stringified address > > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:38:16AM -0800, Sterin, Ily

Re: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:38:16AM -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: > Not sure, I'll have to take a look at the module, but would it be > usefull to include in the standard distro Please, no. That definitely counts as "more than enough rope". > included. I was thinking more of a pragma type usage, so

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Sterin, Ilya
se of something I'm trying to accomplish:-) Ilya > -Original Message- > From: Simon Cozens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 8:18 AM > To: Sterin, Ilya > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Using stringified address > > > On

Re: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Simon Cozens
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 04:00:22AM -0800, Sterin, Ilya wrote: > Using a scalar (string) with an address to another variable and be able > to dereference it. This proves very usefull when pasing dynamic strings > with addresses embeded in them. I don't believe this is available in > current perl

RE: Using stringified address

2002-01-01 Thread Sterin, Ilya
Ok, I understand that this hasn't been implemented due to the believe that it's a dangerous feature (Programming Perl). But would it be ok to enable/disable it with a specific pragma? Ilya > -Original Message- > From: Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01,