Re: Parrot::Configure::Step::_run_command(): problematic global filehandles

2007-09-12 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, James E Keenan wrote: > The problem with having global filehandles STDOUT and STDERR being > manipulated quite deep into a program is that it stymies you from doing > anything with those handles higher up at the surface of your program. > While the particular reason why _run

Parrot::Configure::Step::_run_command(): problematic global filehandles

2007-09-06 Thread James E Keenan
Friends: Parrot::Configure::Step holds an internal subroutine called _run_command() whose task is to execute a system call on a command supplied as an argument. The command supplied is typically a small C-executable created on the fly as a particular configuration step runs. I've been stari