Re^6: diagnostics pragma throwing a compile-time error in Cygwin-Perl

choroba asked yesterday:

Wait, doesn't cygwin have a separate package for Perl documentation?

No, I don't think so (and I checked, using the `cygcheck' tool). It has perl-Pod-Perldoc shown below. Maybe you are thinking of many Gnu/Linux distros, where there is a separate Perl documentation package.

$ cygcheck -i perl-Pod-Perldoc
Installed package:
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Name        : perl-Pod-Perldoc
Version     : 3.28
Release     : 4
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: Tue Sep 03 16:32:09 2024
Size        : 65829 (64 K)
Categories  : Perl
Source      : perl-Pod-Perldoc-3.28-4-src.tar.zst
Summary     : Perl distribution Pod-Perldoc
Description :
Perl distribution Pod-Perldoc, providing Perl modules:
Pod::Perldoc Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo Pod::Perldoc::GetOptsOO
Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker Pod::Perldoc::ToMan
Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff Pod::Perldoc::ToPod Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf
Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm Pod::Perldoc::ToText Pod::Perldoc::ToTk
Pod::Perldoc::ToXml.

Apr 17, 2025 at 17:19 UTC

Comment on Re^6: diagnostics pragma throwing a compile-time error in Cygwin-Perl

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Re^7: diagnostics pragma throwing a compile-time error in Cygwin-Perl by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 17, 2025 at 17:29 UTC
And what's this, then? `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^8: diagnostics pragma throwing a compile-time error in Cygwin-Perl by Intrepid (Curate) on Apr 17, 2025 at 19:58 UTC
Drat!! Confungalate! His* fu is stronger than my fu. But I will have my revenge!;-) Heh heh. That's absolutely correct. Cygwin package perl_pods contains `/usr/share/perl5/5.40/pods/perldiag.pod`. I think, that is, imho, cavac, based on this investigation, a strong argument could be made for refraining from `use diagnostics;` in released modules. A pretty strong argument could also be made that the implementation of diagnostics is weird and obscurist ;-) choroba Apr 17, 2025 at 19:31 UTC A just machine to make big decisions Programmed by fellows (and gals) with compassion and vision We'll be clean when their work is done We'll be eternally free yes, and eternally young Donald Fagen —> I.G.Y.* (Slightly modified for inclusiveness)	[reply]
Re^9: diagnostics pragma throwing a compile-time error in Cygwin-Perl by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 17, 2025 at 20:08 UTC
I'd rather say it's a strong argument against various distributions/systems' broken packaging of Perl in a non-standard way. `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]