On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 12:32:48PM -0400, bits wrote:
> Catalyst::Helper::_mk_changes calls POSIX::strftime on line 390:
> my $time = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %T', localtime time);
>
> the %T parameter causes my Activestate Perl 5.8.8 820 to infinite loop.
Odd, it doesn't cause any AS perl I've seen do that.
> The perldoc for POSIX states in the strftime notes:
> "If you want your code to be portable, your format (fmt ) argument should
> use only the conversion specifiers defined by the ANSI C standard (C89, to
> play safe). These are aAbBcdHIjmMpSUwWxXyYZ% ."
>
> %T is not in the list. On all the systems I have at my disposal, %H:%M:%S
> produces equivalent output and uses only the conversion specifiers they
> recommend.
>
>
> For the sake of saving the next soul who wants to use Catalyst under Win32,
> which apparently doesn't like %T, suggest changing to:
>
> my $time = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', localtime time);
While I see no reason at all not to make this change, could you elaborate
on your environment a bit?
This can't be "all win32" since I know we've got happy users on win32 and
various perls (although VanillaPerl is getting more and more popular due to
various bits of ActiveState brain damage), so I'm curious now :)
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