Re^4: I fear my code is unreadable

Activeperl 5.60


C:\>perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultip
+licity=def
ine
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=u
+ndef
  Compiler:
    cc='cl', optimize='-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG', gccversion=
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccflags ='-O1 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_D
+ES_FCRYPT
 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
+ lseeksize
=4
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release  -libpath:"C:\
+Perl\lib\C
ORE"  -machine:x86'
    libpth="C:\Perl\lib\CORE"
    libs=  oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
+  comdlg32
.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uui
+d.lib wsoc
k32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib msvcrt.
+lib
    libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl56.lib
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release  -l
+ibpath:"C:
\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEX
+T PERL_IMP
LICIT_SYS
  Locally applied patches:
        ActivePerl Build 623
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Dec 15 2000 16:27:07
  @INC:
    C:/Perl/lib
    C:/Perl/site/lib
    .

C:\>perl -MList::Util -e "print """Ok\n""";"
Can't locate List/Util.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/
+site/lib .
).
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

C:\>
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- Boldra

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Re^5: I fear my code is unreadable by doom (Deacon) on May 08, 2008 at 13:50 UTC
Yes, I see. It isn't your platform, it's the age of your perl installation. It appears that List::Util didn't make it into core until perl 5.7 and you're using 5.6 (and a very old version at that). You have my sympathies, but you really need to request that the version of perl should be upgraded. 5.10 just came out, and 5.8 has been available for ages... To see when a module was added to core: `perl -MModule::CoreList -e "print Module::CoreList->first_release('Lis +t::Util'), \"\n\""` [download] This responds: 5.007003	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: I fear my code is unreadable by Boldra (Curate) on May 13, 2008 at 09:01 UTC
A colleague is working on a 5.10 upgrade now, but since we have a heterogeneous network of 1000+ machines, it will take a little while. And naturally, he isn't just upgrading all the perl installs, he's building a system to do further upgrades in the future. So until that's working, I have to work with 8+ year old perls :\| Thanks very much for the Module::CoreList tip! That will be /very/ useful until that upgrade is finished. I've been bitten once already by thinking something was "standard library" and then discovering it wasn't installed across all our machines. I'd gotten to the point where I was only prepared to believe something was standard if it was listed in the 1st edition Camel as such. With Module::CoreList I can check a bit more finely. - Boldra	[reply]