Re: $^O on windows-systems and Perl interna


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Re: $^O on windows-systems and Perl interna

by Burak (Chaplain)

on Jun 17, 2010 at 14:24 UTC ( #845208=note: print w/replies, xml )

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As we all know, $^O always returns 'MSWin32' on windows based systems.

I think it'll return "MSWin64" on 64bit Windows. It's better to check for /MSWin/

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Re^2: $^O on windows-systems and Perl interna by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 17, 2010 at 14:47 UTC
I think it'll return "MSWin64" on 64bit Windows. So far not: `C:\test\miniball>perl -E"say $^O" MSWin32 C:\test\miniball>perl -v This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: $^O on windows-systems and Perl interna by Burak (Chaplain) on Jun 20, 2010 at 01:58 UTC
Ok. It looks like MSWin32 is hardcoded in source files. I also saw that several core modules check only MSWin32. So, even if this is a bug, fixing it does not seem to be worth the trouble :)	[reply]

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