in reply to Win32::API in perl v5.20.2

"I also have an unrelated issue with this “upgrade” because ActiveState has removed Perl/Tk from their ppm repository."

If you're working on a Microsoft Windows platform Strawberry Perl makes life much easier. I can't reproduce your Win32::API problem on Win7, Strawberry 5.20, Win32::API v0.82.

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Re^2: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2
by marinersk (Priest) on Jul 02, 2015 at 21:01 UTC

    OMG I just read the front page on your Strawberry Perl link and my (software development) mouth is watering.

    If it lives up to its front page hype, I can see why so many of you grow Stawberries rather than live in an Active State.

    Normally I dread changing platforms, doing upgrades, etc. I can't recall the last time I was actually excited about the prospect of a change like this.

    Hmm. And I have a three-day weekend coming up. Hmmm...

        Wow, almost to the exactly one year.

        Then, I merely entertained the idea of Strawberry, based on all the recommendations. A sort of removal of the negative impetus to not switch.

        For whatever reason, this thread got me in a mood to actually go look -- and so now it is not merely an absence of negative, but the existence of positive motivators on this front.

        At this rate, I might be installing it by July 2016!

      Everything on the Strawberry Perl's front page is true of ActivePerl too.
        Oops, not the external library parts, but Win32::API doesn't use any.
      You should be able to use them in parallel if you take the "portableZIP" edition. At least if you call your scripts with perl [switches] scriptname.pl