Re: [ANN] SF parrot win32

2007-12-07 Thread François Perrad
Andrew Shitov wrote: I have no personal web site, so I create the project parrotwin32 on sourceforge : http://parrotwin32.sourceforge.net/ Cool, and I also promoted it at http://perl6.ru/parrotwin32/. But an attempt to run perl6.pbc faied: C:\Program Files\parrot-0.5.0-develbin/parrot.exe

Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Allison Randal
I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). To test it, edit src/inter_create.c and uncomment the two lines that start with 'Parrot_cx

[perl #48312] [TODO] add get_fd method to ParrotIO

2007-12-07 Thread Will Coleda via RT
On Fri Dec 07 05:10:15 2007, coke wrote: From PDD22: Cgetfd retrieves the UNIX integer file descriptor of a stream object. The opcode has been replaced by a 'get_fd' method on the ParrotIO object. -- This ticket is to track the creation of the get_fd method. Also from PDD22:

[perl #48312] [TODO] add get_fd method to ParrotIO

2007-12-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #48312] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48312 From PDD22: Cgetfd retrieves the UNIX integer file descriptor of a stream object.

[perl #48310] [DEPRECATED] getfd opcode

2007-12-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #48310] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48310 From PDD22: Cgetfd retrieves the UNIX integer file descriptor of a stream object.

[svn:parrot-pdd] r23567 - trunk/docs/pdds

2007-12-07 Thread coke
Author: coke Date: Fri Dec 7 05:05:56 2007 New Revision: 23567 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd22_io.pod Log: [docs] Remove reference to will-be-deprecated opcode from pdd which was apparently already removed. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd22_io.pod

[svn:parrot-pdd] r23568 - in trunk: . docs/pdds

2007-12-07 Thread coke
Author: coke Date: Fri Dec 7 05:15:47 2007 New Revision: 23568 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd22_io.pod Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/DEPRECATED.pod Log: [docs] Open two tickets to track the deprecation of one item and the feature that is replacing it

[perl #48320] [BUG] Example in pdd23 doesn't work

2007-12-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #48320] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48320 At the bottom of pdd23 there's an example of creating and throwing an

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread jerry gay
On Dec 7, 2007 5:23 AM, Allison Randal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). To test it, edit

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Allison Randal
jerry gay wrote: looks good to me. commit away! nice work. I've got a clean report on our core platform targets, so committed in r23574. As usual, please report any issues. Thanks! Allison

Re: perl 6 and web open source projects

2007-12-07 Thread Mark J. Reed
I do think It Would Be Nice If there were a native Perl6 DRY/MVC/OMG/WTF/BBQ webapp dev framework ready to go (go where? into a webapp-oriented P6 distro, natch) around the same time that the lang itself is done. I imagine a port of Catalyst would fit the bill nicely. I mention this only because

Re: [perl #47970] [BUG] json test fails with --gc-debug when Parrot built with ccache

2007-12-07 Thread Joshua Isom
On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:13 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: Also, in case it matters, I'm on x86 (32-bit) for this. Pm Does it still occur after `ccache -C`? Since ccache uses md5, there's always the possibility you inadvertently discovered a collision in md5. Might want to back up

Re: [perl #48226] [Patch] Option 'exec' for Parrot::Test::Harness

2007-12-07 Thread chromatic
On Friday 07 December 2007 18:09:57 Joshua Juran wrote: On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, chromatic wrote: Everything looks reasonable to me, except q{} versus q{ } which are barely discernable and offers (to my mind) only disadvantages over '' versus ' ' which is much more distinguishable.

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread chromatic
On Friday 07 December 2007 05:23:39 Allison Randal wrote: I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). To test it, edit src/inter_create.c

Re: [perl #48226] [Patch] Option 'exec' for Parrot::Test::Harness

2007-12-07 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, chromatic wrote: Everything looks reasonable to me, except q{} versus q{ } which are barely discernable and offers (to my mind) only disadvantages over '' versus ' ' which is much more distinguishable. Would vs. be a further improvement? Josh

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14473 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread Jonathan Lang
@@ -264,17 +264,34 @@ The C.next and C.last methods take an optional argument giving the final value of that loop iteration. So the old Cnext LINE syntax is still allowed but is really short for Cnext LINE: using -indirect object syntax. +indirect object syntax. Any block object can be

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14473 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 16:58:49 2007 New Revision: 14473 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: More loop control tweakage. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod == --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:25:14PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote: On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: That is my take on it: Everything is bigger in Texas, even French Quotes. You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the Paris, Texas explanation :)

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 5:46 PM, Thom Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip But, back to Perl I didn't get an answer to my follow-up question: So, it's because this is so much bigger than «this», this, or 'this'? snip That is my take on it: Everything is bigger in Texas, even French Quotes. snip

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:36:26PM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : Larry Wall wrote: : On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:40:10AM -0800, Jonathan Lang wrote: : : or (I think): : : : : method test ($value) { : : setup(); : : when $value { doit() } #[smart-match the calling object $_ against

[svn:parrot-pdd] r23575 - trunk/docs/pdds

2007-12-07 Thread pmichaud
Author: pmichaud Date: Fri Dec 7 11:10:06 2007 New Revision: 23575 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd23_exceptions.pod Log: [docs]: * Note non-working code in pdd23, reference RT#48320. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/pdd23_exceptions.pod

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: Larry Wall wrote: Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest everything, including ten-gallon hats. That was before we added Alaska.

Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread Jonathan Lang
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ @evens = ($_ * 2 if .odd for 0..100); Loop modifiers Cnext, Clast, and Credo also work as in Perl5. +However, the labelled forms use method call syntax: CLABEL.next, etc. +The C.next and C.last methods take an optional argument giving +the final value of that loop

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Andy Armstrong
On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote: That is my take on it: Everything is bigger in Texas, even French Quotes. You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the Paris, Texas explanation :) -- Andy Armstrong, Hexten

Re: What is the origin of the nickname, Texas quotes?

2007-12-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Dec 7, 2007 11:50 AM, Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: Larry Wall wrote: Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest

Re: perl 6 grammar

2007-12-07 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:47:05AM +0100, Juerd Waalboer wrote: : Jonathan Lang skribis 2007-12-06 16:36 (-0800): : I know it used to be that way back near the Dawn of Time, but methods : don't automatically topicalize anymore unless you explicitly name : one of the parameters '$_': : Huh.

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Allison Randal
Andy Dougherty wrote: Whether this is a defect in the vtables_4 test sourcefile for failing to initialize the vtables, or whether pmc_new ought to be more defensive, I can't say. Looks like a bug in the test, as there are other things in Parrot_exit that won't behave appropriately without an

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 08:45:03PM +0200, Allison Randal wrote: jerry gay wrote: looks good to me. commit away! nice work. I've got a clean report on our core platform targets, so committed in r23574. As usual, please report any issues. r23574 gives me failures in t/src/vtables.t and

Re: Platform testing for concurrency scheduler runloop

2007-12-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Allison Randal wrote: I'm about to turn on the concurrency scheduler runloop in Parrot trunk. Before I do, I'd like test results on as many platforms as possible (especially Windows, since it doesn't use POSIX threads). To test it, edit src/inter_create.c and uncomment

[svn:perl6-synopsis] r14472 - doc/trunk/design/syn

2007-12-07 Thread larry
Author: larry Date: Fri Dec 7 15:26:16 2007 New Revision: 14472 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Log: Some clarification of break semantics requested by dataweaver++ Generalize next, last, and break to use LABEL.leave($retval) syntax. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod