On 18/02/2008, demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 29/01/2008, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > > Hi Ken, > > > > > > I noticed some traffic in the commits and realized I had this stale > > > patch laying around. > > > > > > I see there are still quite a few chdir()s in the test suite and thought > > > this might be a good way to keep things a little more organized. > > > > > > I think I just hadn't checked it in because the method names are so > > > corny (but maybe I just hadn't had a chance to really test it yet.) > > > > Yes, they are. :P > > > > There's File::pushd and File::chdir to do this sort of thing and more > > elegantly. They also nest. > > > > File::pushd is simple and a no-frills version can be cut & pasted into > > Module::Build. I prefer the descriptive local_chdir() over the very Unixy > > and > > cryptic pushd(). > > FYI: Theres nothing unixy about pushd, its been on windows computers > for years (it dates back to CED and PCED on Dos 3 iirc). And is in > fact often the prefered way to cd on windows boxes because it allows > you to switch volumes using the same syntax that you switch > directories with, something that cd doesnt allow you to do.
Actually i wouldnt be surprised if pushd is more common on win32 machines than it is on *nix machines. Ive been in all too many *nix shells that don't support it, but its been a long long time since ive been on windows box that doesnt support it. -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
