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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 03 March 2000 19:16
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: Hurrah
>
>
[snips]
> Here was the tweak I just made tp vmsperl_pre56_3:
>
> --- vms/subconfigure.com;1 Fri Mar 3 02:25:42 2000
> +++ vms/subconfigure.com Fri Mar 3 10:43:14 2000
[snip]
> $ type = "''perl_i64type'"
I'm a little concerned by the use of the symbol TYPE, which obscures the DCL
command of the same name, possibly causing problems later. [I am going by
the quoted snippet only, so I may have missed something.]
Might I suggest that all local symbols contain at least one underscore,
which is unlikely to occur in an existing DCL command or symbol?
Perhaps all local symbols should be of the form perl_cfg_xxxx?
Or at least l_xxx, say?
This would have the advantage that one could add a SHOW SYMBOL perl_cfg_*
(or L_*) to get a dump of all the local symbols for debugging purposes.
--
Sebastian Bazley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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