in reply to ydecode - A better, faster yEnc decoder.

It's great to see more yEnc tools, but there already a Convert::yEnc (alt.) in CPAN.

(Okay, okay, it's only been there for a week, but still! :))

    --k.

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Re: Re: ydecode - A better, faster yEnc decoder.
by perldoc (Scribe) on Feb 28, 2002 at 18:20 UTC

    It wasn't in the modules list yesterday. I looked before I started writing this. Still not there today either.

    Not in the recent arrivals either.

    If it was in the recent modules, it slipped off.

    It was never discussed or announced in any of the comp.lang.perl.* newsgroups.

    There were no mentions of yEnc on perlmonks.

    I searched all those resources prior to posting yesterday. I just forgot to search for it directly on that dog-assed slow search.cpan.org. "but still...", as you said.

    I just downloaded the Convert::yEnc from CPAN. It is has some problems.

    I am emailing the author right now....

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      Warning to anyone who wants to try to use the Convert::yEnc from CPAN. It does not successfully decode the sample files given at yenc.org.

      Here is a small test program: 

      #!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Convert::yEnc qw(ydecode);

ydecode(\*STDIN);

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      Now feed it the test data files: 

      decode < 00000005.ntx
cat 0000002* | decode

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      My program successfully decodes these data files.

      The small test program given above which uses the CPAN Convert::yEnc does not.

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      "It has some problems".

      Yup, that's why I didn't announce it anywhere, nor ask for it to be included in the module list. It's not usable the way it is right now, and it's not tested -- but it's a framework.

      Pre-alpha, and needs quite a bit of UTSL to be useful at all.

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        My version 1.1 is working really well now - feel free to insert it into your CPAN distribution.
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