Yes, I read that article... With a new configuration option, everyone can have it their way... but the option needs to be implemented, documented, and maintained. If you just change the behaviour, it is more like perlbrew, "something" might break, but I can't think of any valid use case which breaks. If you keep it as it is, then it looks a bit weird for perlbrew users.

Though I do use File::HomeDir and all sorts of Perls on Windows and therefore knew about the behaviour of the portable distribution, I am not affected at all. berrybrew is for testing, and while I'm testing, I use File::HomeDir::Test which avoids the problem.

So, you might want to take that with a grain of salt: Personally, I'd prefer not having to bother with another switch for berrybrew install or a config option. Stuff like this tends to pile up and you'll never get rid of it again. Chose any behaviour, and if someone really has a valid use case (i.e. other than "hypothetically possible") then they can easily delete (or install) the Portable flavour of File::Homedir.

In reply to Re^8: File::HomeDir strange behavior Perl 5.28 by haj
in thread File::HomeDir strange behavior Perl 5.28 by IB2017

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