I've done a clean PDL install attempt for SPP 5.12.3 and have been able to reproduce the problems. I'll take a look at fixing this weekend.
Thanks again for the detailed info! Chris On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. That should give me the data > I need to track down the problem. It is definitely > a problem with the new NiceSlice processing since > if it goes bad you typically are left with invalid perl > code which doesn't compile. > > --Chris > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Marshall >> >>> Looking at the patch, suggests it is the >>> result of a Filter::Simple bug that I had to >>> runtime patch to handle POD terminators >>> correctly. >> >> >> Yes, I wondered whether the intermingling of pod and code in the affected >> files had something to do with the problem. >> >> Btw, the 3 attached (very simplistic) patches allow _006 to build fine on >> all my 32-bit and 64-bit perls - for both MinGW and MS compilers. >> >> >>> I'm going to bump up the minimum >>> version for Filter::Simple to 0.86 since that >>> is what I have on my working system. Is >>> that the version you have on the older platforms >>> with problems? >> >> >> I have 0.88 throughout - even on the older perls that were giving the >> problems prior to applying the attached patches, I was using 0.88. >> >> In a nutshell, here are the 3 problems I faced. (I doubt that they are >> specific to Windows.) >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> PROBLEM 1: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Any of my _006 build that built in PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT were unable to load >> the module because of the following syntax errors: >> >> ############################# >> syntax error at >> >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2693, near ") ]" >> syntax error at >> >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2697, near "1) " >> syntax error at >> >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2707, near "} elsif" >> syntax error at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2719, near "}" >> syntax error at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2782, near "}" >> syntax error at >> >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2815, near "}" >> Can't use global @_ in "my" at >> >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2832, near "= @_" >> syntax error at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2846, near "}" >> syntax error at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2878, near "}" >> syntax error at >> >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm line >> 2909, near "}" >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT/Window.pm has too >> many errors. >> Compilation failed in require at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Graphics/PGPLOT.pm line 148, >> <DATA> line 207. >> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/ >> Graphics/PGPLOT.pm line 148, <DATA> line 207. >> Compilation failed in require at (eval 38) line 1, <DATA> line 207. >> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 38) line 1, <DATA> line 207. >> ############################# >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> PROBLEM 2: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> With any perls older than 5.14.0, slatec.pd could not be processed during >> the dmake stage because of the following syntax errors in MatrixOps.pm >> >> ############################# >> C:\MinGW\perl512\bin\perl.exe -IC:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib >> -IC:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/arch >> "-MPDL::PP qw/PDL::Slatec PDL::Slatec Slatec/" slatec.pd >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 430, near "0:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 435, near "1:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 436, near "0:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 853, near "0:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 863, near "$col:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 873, near "$whc(" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 874, near "(:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 893, near "1:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 1004, near "0:" >> syntax error at C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm line >> 1014, near "1:" >> C:/sisyphusion/PDL-2.4.11_005/blib/lib/PDL/MatrixOps.pm has too many errors. >> Compilation failed in require at slatec.pd line 248. >> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at slatec.pd line 248. >> dmake: Error code 255, while making 'Slatec.pm' >> dmake: Error code 255, while making 'subdirs' >> dmake: Error code 255, while making 'subdirs' >> ############################# >> >> This meant that _006 couldn't even be built on those older perls. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> PROBLEM 3: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> On perls older than 5.14.0, PDL::Transform could not be loaded because of >> the following syntax errors: >> >> ###################################### >> >> t/transform.t ............... syntax error at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line 3073, near >> "$p(" >> syntax error at C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line >> 3074, near "$p(" >> syntax error at C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line >> 3086, near "$p(" >> syntax error at C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line >> 3090, near "0:" >> syntax error at C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line >> 3107, near "0:" >> syntax error at C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line >> 3115, near "0:" >> BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at >> C:\sisyphusion\PDL-2.4.11_006\blib\lib/PDL/Transform.pm line 3137. >> Compilation failed in require at t/transform.t line 8. >> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/transform.t line 8. >> ###################################### >> >> I'll send the perl-V outputs in a separate (offlist) post shortly. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
