Hi,

I've downloaded from cpan and installed creamyg's Sort::External module, but it does not seem to be working. Here is the behavior:

1. I created a small unsorted list of data to be sorted.

2. I created my own sort subroutine.

3. Ran the sort with the following settings:

my $sortex = Sort::External->new( -mem_threshold => 2**26, -sortsub => $sortscheme, -working_dir => $temp_directory,);

and it properly sorted my data.

4. Reran the sort with -mem-threshold set to 2**20, forcing the use of temp files and the routine went into an endless loop.

It seems that as soon as the disk temporary file are used, the sort gets stuck in a loop.

Thanks,

--Doug Roberts

doug@parrot-farm.net

In reply to Problem with Sort::External 0.16 by Anonymous Monk

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