On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/28/2010 6:08 PM, P Kishor wrote:
>>
..
>
>>> If you wish to use the new Perldl2 shell (pdl2),
>>> you will need to install Devel::REPL as well:
>>>
>>>   bash>  cpan Devel::REPL
>>>
>>
>> The above seems to require MooseX! Really?
>
> Yes, and the kitchen sink.  However, since the dependencies
> for Devel::REPL are almost all pure perl modules, it is more
> likely to install than PDL.  I would appreciate feedback on
> the install of Devel::REPL and any issues.
>

No issues at all. Installed everything, including the shiny new
kitchen sink, without and problem.

Haven't yet tackled the latest PDL release, but at least Devel::REPL
installs on a Mac.


> My current plan is not to add a hard dependency to PDL on
> Devel::REPL.  However, the improved functionality of pdl2
> and the not too difficult install of Devel::REPL suggest
> that it would not be too much of a hardship.
>
> As for me, I've pretty much stopped using perldl since the
> latest pdl2 since it does everything I typically use and
> then some.  There is still support for perldl-specific
> features as well as some enhancements I would like to do
> (e.g., make help vars show lexical piddles and not just
> the package ones).
>
>> punk...@lucknow ~$sudo cpanm Devel::REPL
>> Password:
>> Fetching
>> http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/F/FR/FREW/Devel-REPL-1.003011.tar.gz
>> ... OK
>> Configuring Devel-REPL-1.003011 ... OK
>> ==>  Found dependencies: MooseX::Object::Pluggable, Sys::SigAction,
>> Data::Dumper::Concise, MooseX::Getopt, Moose, Lexical::Persistence,
>> Data::Dump::Streamer, namespace::clean, MooseX::AttributeHelpers
>> ..
>>>
>>> See the Perldl2/README file for more information on
>>> installing and using the new shell version.
>>>
>>> Enjoy,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> Release notes for PDL 2.4.6_011 --------------------------
>>>
>>> General Notes:
>>>
>>>  * This is a developers release! It is a snapshot of the
>>>    current git development tree and everything may not work
>>>    correctly or have complete documentation (as in these
>>>    Release notes).
>>>
>>>  * The main purpose for this release is the additional
>>>    diagnostics in the t/proj_transform.t which may lead
>>>    to an understanding of what the problem is there.
>>>
>>> Highlights:
>>>
>>>  * pdl2 (the new Perldl2 shell now supports all major
>>>    functions of perldl.  If you have installed the latest
>>>    Devel::REPL you should be able to use this shell as
>>>    an enhanced replacement for perldl.  Feedback welcome!
>>>
>>>  * Fix sf.net bug #3021578 re missing xtra dummy dims
>>>
>>>  * Add error diagnostics to dummy() in PDL::Core when the
>>>    required position argument is not present.  The new
>>>    message now mentions the dummy() method instead of just
>>>    a line number in Core.pm.
>>>
>>>  * Update bess[jy][01n] docs in math.pd
>>>    Fix refs for floor/ceil/rint to use integer
>>>
>>>  * Use is() instead of ok() in t/proj_transform.t
>>>
>>>    That should give more diagnostic output for failing tests
>>>    to help debug the recent test failures for cygwin 1.7 and
>>>    freebsd 8.0.
>>>
>>>
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