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Re: rcfile ordering in debugger

From:
M.J.T. Guy
Date:
March 15, 2000 08:24
Subject:
Re: rcfile ordering in debugger
Message ID:
E12VGaM-0001vS-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com> wrote
> surely 1 and 2 seem both useful and intuitive.  I therefore propose
> that the algorithm for the debugger's rcfile sourcing be recast as
> follows:
> 
>     if home rc file found
> 	source it
>     if local rc file found and it's not the home one we sourced already
> 	source it, too

Looks good to me.

Incidentally, what's your check for "it's not the home one" ?
Comparing inode numbers and all that stuff ?


Mike Guy



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