Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2005-09-20 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 11:00:58AM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2005, at 7:42, Joshua Hoblitt via RT wrote: > > > > >Is this still an unresolved design issue or can the bug be closed? > > If in doubt just close such old [PATCH] tickets. I'm just trying to be thorough. Hopefully

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2005-09-20 Thread Leopold Toetsch
On Sep 20, 2005, at 7:42, Joshua Hoblitt via RT wrote: Is this still an unresolved design issue or can the bug be closed? If in doubt just close such old [PATCH] tickets. -J Thx, leo

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-11-05 Thread Juergen Boemmels
Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In perl.perl6.internals, you wrote: > > Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> As long as packfile functions don't allocate memory (besides their > >> own structures) it doesn't matter very much. Nethertheless, when > >> doing changes I wo

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-11-05 Thread Leopold Toetsch
In perl.perl6.internals, you wrote: > Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> As long as packfile functions don't allocate memory (besides their >> own structures) it doesn't matter very much. Nethertheless, when >> doing changes I would include an interpreter param. > I wonder if 'interpr

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-11-05 Thread Piers Cawley
Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Juergen Boemmels wrote: > >> Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>When there is no interpreter in PIO_eprint, vfprintf gets called. >>> >> As we are in the state of changing packfile.c (at least long term): >> Should the packfile functions

Re: [CVS ci] (was: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions)

2002-10-28 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Dan Sugalski wrote: I have, in the past, considered having a parent interpreter that doesn't ever run any code, and is around for the sole purpose of hanging 'global' parrot memory off of. I never did it because I wasn't sure we needed it, but it might be time to dust off the idea. No more

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-28 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 7:13 PM +0100 10/28/02, Juergen Boemmels wrote: Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brent Dax wrote: > Perhaps you don't understand what I mean. What I'm talking about is the > fact that most functions in packfile.c don't even take an interpreter > argument. I know. Please fe

Re: [CVS ci] (was: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions)

2002-10-28 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 3:13 PM +0100 10/28/02, Leopold Toetsch wrote: Dan Sugalski wrote: At 1:05 PM +0100 10/27/02, Leopold Toetsch wrote: Though, /me thinks, that we should always have a valid interpreter. I tried very hard to make sure that there was always a valid interpreter. Now we have one ;-) I have,

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-28 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Juergen Boemmels wrote: Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: When there is no interpreter in PIO_eprint, vfprintf gets called. As we are in the state of changing packfile.c (at least long term): Should the packfile functions have an interpreter or should the packfile stay on its own.

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-28 Thread Juergen Boemmels
Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brent Dax wrote: > > > > Perhaps you don't understand what I mean. What I'm talking about is the > > fact that most functions in packfile.c don't even take an interpreter > > argument. > > I know. Please fetch the new code from CVS. > > When ther

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-28 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Brent Dax wrote: Perhaps you don't understand what I mean. What I'm talking about is the fact that most functions in packfile.c don't even take an interpreter argument. I know. Please fetch the new code from CVS. When there is no interpreter in PIO_eprint, vfprintf gets called. leo

RE: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-28 Thread Brent Dax
Leopold Toetsch: # Brent Dax wrote: # > When I was working on switching most fprintf calls to PIO, # there were # > so many functions that didn't take an interpreter that I eventually # > made PIO_printf and PIO_eprintf (output to stderr) fall # back to stdio # > if given a null interpreter. #

[CVS ci] (was: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions)

2002-10-28 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Dan Sugalski wrote: At 1:05 PM +0100 10/27/02, Leopold Toetsch wrote: Though, /me thinks, that we should always have a valid interpreter. I tried very hard to make sure that there was always a valid interpreter. Now we have one ;-) I did change the startup sequence, so that _all_ memor

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-28 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Brent Dax wrote: Dan Sugalski wrote on 10/27/02 8.11: I tried very hard to make sure that there was always a valid interpreter. -- When I was working on switching most fprintf calls to PIO, there were so many functions that didn't take an interpreter that I eventually made PIO_printf and PIO_epr

[perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-27 Thread Brent Dax
Dan Sugalski wrote on 10/27/02 8.11: I tried very hard to make sure that there was always a valid interpreter. -- When I was working on switching most fprintf calls to PIO, there were so many functions that didn't take an interpreter that I eventually made PIO_printf and PIO_eprintf (output to std

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-27 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 1:05 PM +0100 10/27/02, Leopold Toetsch wrote: Jürgen Bömmels (via RT) wrote: # New Ticket Created by Jürgen Bömmels # Please include the string: [perl #18097] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=18097 > Than

Re: [perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-27 Thread Leopold Toetsch
Jürgen Bömmels (via RT) wrote: # New Ticket Created by Jürgen Bömmels # Please include the string: [perl #18097] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=18097 > Thanks applied. Though, /me thinks, that we should al

[perl #18097] [PATCH] allow NULL interpreter in sprintf like functions

2002-10-26 Thread Jürgen
# New Ticket Created by Jürgen Bömmels # Please include the string: [perl #18097] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=18097 > When using Parrot_sprintf* functions without an interpreter, you get segfaults. The at