Yes, I haven't yet gotten back to the PDL::NiceSlice work.
I kind of got distracted with the "simple fix" for the PROJ4
build problem that ended up taking all weekend.  :-(

If changing line 118 makes it work for now, lets go with
that.  Just trying to get something out the door.

Thanks,
Chris

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:29 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As regards 2.4.11_010 on various perls on MS Windows:
>
> The problem with PGPLOT/Window.pm and Filter::Simple still persists.
>
> And, on perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.8.9, the 'perl Makefile.PL' step fails with:
>
> String found where operator expected at inc/Carp.pm line 146, near "$arg =~
> s/'/\\'"
> Global symbol "$where" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line
> 118.
> Global symbol "$db_arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line
> 118.
> Global symbol "$db_arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line
> 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> Global symbol "$arg" requires explicit package name at inc/Carp.pm line 118.
> inc/Carp.pm has too many errors.
> Compilation failed in require at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/warnings.pm line 134.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/warnings.pm line
> 134.
> Compilation failed in require at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/warnings/register.pm
> line
> 24.
> Compilation failed in require at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/vars.pm line 7.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/MinGW/perl588/lib/vars.pm line 7.
> Compilation failed in require at inc/Devel/CheckLib.pm line 8.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at inc/Devel/CheckLib.pm line 8.
> Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 2.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 2.
>
> Line 118 contains the // operator which, as we all know, wasn't implemented
> until 5.10.0.
>
> Do we want to modify the code in Carp.pm to make it compatible with 5.8.x ?
> ... or just "up" the minimum perl version required to 5.010 ?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob

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