Hi, On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Gabor Szabo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Meir Kriheli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's the natural evolution of one of Perl's biggest shortcomings from my > > POV: Miniscule STD lib (which leads to no stdlibs tests on multiple > > platforms and extensive docs). Without such features it'll be a real mess > > I think tests on multiple platforms is very well achieved by the CPAN > testers > http://cpantesters.org/ though you might be right that core perl is > tested on > more platforms than the CPAN modules. With that said, I am almost sure > that's still bigger than the number of platforms a Python is tested on. > I would be very interested in testing reports of Python and PyPi libraries > so I can update my blog entries about that. > > I sure it's bigger as well. That's the only missing thing I would've taken from CPAN, the modules testing, all the rest is "meh". For Python's buildbot, see: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/ > > (When I've read Gabor's recent question regarding reading a file in > modern > > Perl, my first reaction was: WTF ?) > > What was the WTF about? The syntax of the core open() function, > the syntax of the things I was suggesting, the fact that fopen() is not > core, > the whole issue of having various ways or something else? > Not syntax wise. My WTF momement was: Why isn't fopen (ot other if there's some better practice) part of the stdlib ? Why a seasoned Perl developer should even have to ask that question, instead of reading about adopting it in the release notes of Perl X.YY ? >From my POV platform's stdlib is one of the most important parts, it should change and evolve with the platform. Cheers -- Meir Kriheli http://meirkriheli.com
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