[perl #43312] [TODO] config/auto/gmp.pm: Write unit tests

2008-01-06 Thread James Keenan via RT
Thru a series of refactorings of runstep(), I was able to write more testable internal subroutines and methods, and then write tests for them t/configure/143-auto_gmp-01.t thru 03.t. I also dealt with the skimply documentation by quoting from the GNU description of GMP. Assuming no problems crop

Re: what should be the default extension?

2008-01-06 Thread ajr
> > No, some people put .pl on the end of their "scripts" because they are > running on broken operating systems. > > So, I imagine, for Perl6, I'll be making the same strong recommendation > that Perl6 scripts, just like Perl5 and Perl4 scripts before them, have *no* > extension. > >Randal L. Sch

Re: Repeated Loopy Variable Width String Character Access is Slooooow-ish

2008-01-06 Thread ajr
> >> > Jarkko's view was that if he were doing Perl 5 Unicode again he would >> opt for fixed width 32 bit rather than UTF-8, It seems to be a general principle of system design that the best way to process irregular and unpredictable things, is to grab them as close to the outside of the system a

Perl 6 new contributor day

2008-01-06 Thread Andy Lester
With the new contributor day coming up, I'd like to run an article on Perlbuzz about it. Can anyone supply me some text? Or point me to a preferred old text that I can adapt? I'm looking at http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/parrot_new_contributor_day_thi.html which is from Au

Re: what should be the default extension?

2008-01-06 Thread Juerd Waalboer
Larry Wall skribis 2008-01-05 17:39 (-0800): > Already specced. (...) > It should probably mention Unicode there as well, but the principle is > already expressed in terms of case-sensitivity. You're always a few steps ahead :) -- Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards, Korajn salutojn, Juerd

[svn:parrot-pdd] r24581 - trunk/docs/pdds/draft

2008-01-06 Thread allison
Author: allison Date: Sun Jan 6 01:45:47 2008 New Revision: 24581 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd09_gc.pod Log: [pdd] Formatting cleanup in the GC PDD. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd09_gc.pod == --- trunk/d

[svn:parrot-pdd] r24580 - trunk/docs/pdds/draft

2008-01-06 Thread allison
Author: allison Date: Sun Jan 6 01:40:35 2008 New Revision: 24580 Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd09_gc.pod Log: [pdd] Adding a reference from chromatic to the GC PDD. Modified: trunk/docs/pdds/draft/pdd09_gc.pod ===

Re: How to handle multiple return values?

2008-01-06 Thread Allison Randal
Bram Geron wrote: The simplest thing I can imagine to create CL/Perl behavior is to initialize $P0 with nil/undef. But it Doesn't Feel Right(tm) to me doing this every time. What's your opinion? Other question: what should compilers do for languages that don't support multiple values? If such a