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From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
July 26, 2001 00:55
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] h2ph, etc.
Message ID:
20010726075440.726.4@bactrian.ni-s.u-net.com
Kurt D . Starsinic <kstar@cpan.org> writes:
>Hello,
>
>    The following patch:
>
>        Adds a test, h2ph_thorough, that compares constants available in
>        POSIX.pm and Socket.pm to their equivalents as generated by h2ph.
>
>        Reveals many bugs in h2ph.
...
>
>
>    I expect the Average Platform to get three failures on the test.
>These are old bugs; we just didn't have tests for them before.  I'm
>working on fixing them.

Not applied (yet) - I am a little wary of adding fails - what is guestimate
as when the fixes for an "Average Platform" will be ready?
Also what about non-average platforms where POSIX and Socket or 
"equivalent" .h files may be "odd" ?

-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons
http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/


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