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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:22:42AM -0500, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > According to Chip Salzenberg: > > The interface headers for threaded Perl cannot be compiled from C++ > > due to the interface assuming that "void*" will automatically convert > > to other pointer types, which is not true in C++. > > Does the collective memory of p5p include information on who did this > and why? Apparently earlier 5.8.x thread interfaces didn't make this > assumption. But now Abiword can't build its Perl plugin, which sucks. I suspect that it's an unintended side effect this patch from Jan Dubois http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2003-10/msg01557.html which was intended to restore binary compatibility between 5.8.0 and 5.8.2 for calls to reentrant libc functions. Nicholas ClarkThread Previous | Thread Next