DrWhy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Fellow Aspirants to Perl Wisdom,

Does anyone know where I can get sources to Experimental::Exception? We're upgrading to Perl 5.8.4 frm 5.6.1 -- or we want to, and we are dependent on Experimental::Exception, which has apparently an XS portion -- and I'm guessing these two versions are not compatible wrt the XS interface. Of course if they are compatible, then all I need to do is copy the files to the right place. If that is not the case, then I need to find the sources again. (We lost the original sources due to a failed disk some time ago...)

Of course, we could also port the system to use a more modern Perl exception mechanism, but I'm trying to avoid doing that at this time -- I got plenty enough on my plate as it is.

So back to my original query. Are the sources for Experimental::Exception sill available somewhere? Or alternatively, can someone assure me that the XS compiled for 5.6.1 will work under 5.8.4?

My great thanks to anyone who can enlighten this dark corner of my ignorance,

-- DrWhy

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Re: Experimental::Exception sources still available?
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Sep 12, 2004 at 05:47 UTC
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      Excellent. Thanks! This did the trick for me.
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Re: Experimental::Exception sources still available?
by jdtoronto (Prior) on Sep 12, 2004 at 05:46 UTC
    The original author was Torsten Ekedahl of Stockholm University. The package does not seem to have been maintained since 1998 or 1999! You could try emailing the author at teke@math.su.se and see if he can help you.

    jdtoronto

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Re: Experimental::Exception sources still available?
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Sep 12, 2004 at 04:29 UTC
    Or alternatively, can someone assure me that the XS compiled for 5.6.1 will work under 5.8.4?
    It most definetly will not work.

    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
    ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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      Drat. I was pretty sure that was the case, though.

      So I guess I'm back to hunting for the sources...

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Re: Experimental::Exception sources still available?
by sintadil (Pilgrim) on Sep 12, 2004 at 13:41 UTC

    So back to my original query. Are the sources for Experimental::Exception sill available somewhere?

    If you don't get a response from emailing the author, I highly recommend that you take it upon yourself to at the very least upload it to CPAN so that it's no longer lost in the void. You may even be able to find someone -- here or elsewhere -- willing to maintain it.

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