Re: RFC 14 (v4) Modify open() to support FileObjects and Extensibility

2000-09-17 Thread Michael G Schwern
world is still spinning despite its existence, I withdraw my argument. -- Michael G Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just Another Stupid Consultant Perl6 Kwalitee Ashuranse BOFH excuse #429: Temporal anomaly

Re: RFC 100 (v2) Embed full URI support into Perl

2000-09-17 Thread Michael G Schwern
ut above goes away.. but there's more trouble waiting. Case-sensitive vs insensitive filesystems, maximum filename length, maximum path length, restrictions on the filename, restrictions on the suffix (ie. 8.3 DOS). Maybe we should just go back to paper. -- Michael G Schwern http://ww

Re: RFC 14 (v4) Modify open() to support FileObjects and Extensibility

2000-09-17 Thread Michael G Schwern
mean we shouldn't have a way to untaint a data source. It can be convenient and definately more efficient than other sources. It should just be deliberately obfuscated and buried (say, like in a man page. Nobody reads those.) Definately for the guys with the white hats only. -- Michae

Re: Cross-referencing RFC 186 with RFC 183 and RFC 79

2000-09-14 Thread Michael G Schwern
27;ve been thinking largely for the case of testing modules, which already have a testing harness around them. You're probably thinking of individual programs. $ pod2tests --inplace foo.pl foo.pl.ok Something like that would make sense. Eliminating redundancy is one th

Re: Cross-referencing RFC 186 with RFC 183 and RFC 79

2000-09-14 Thread Michael G Schwern
fication to the existing system. Sorry if I took it for granted that people would understand the testing system. And anyone for whom the above was new information, I expect you FRONT AND CENTER at the "Writing Solid Perl" tutorial at YAPC::Europe. -- Michael G Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just Another Stupid Consultant Perl6 Kwalitee Ashuranse MORONS!

Re: Cross-referencing RFC 186 with RFC 183 and RFC 79

2000-09-13 Thread Michael G Schwern
ed external (ie. MakeMaker) support to deal with them. There's no compelling reason to muddle the perl core with test switches, it can be done easier as a module. -- Michael G Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just Another Stupid Consultant Perl6 Kwalitee Ashuranse BOFH excuse #39: terrorist activities