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Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:01:22PM -0800, Stas Bekman wrote: > > >>Well, I suggested that patch so I -Dm -Mthreads won't segfault :( Can you >>think of a test that would have detected a breakage? > > > Tests for threads very welcome. I didn't ask whether tests are welcome, but what kind of test would have detected the breakage that my patch has introduced. ;) >>What I'd love to see is 5.8.3 having completely avoid calling functions >>relying on PL_curinterp. This mix and match of my_perl and PL_curinterp is >>simply busted. I don't know how many days I've spent already trying to >>resolve mysterious segfaults (usually on destroy) caused because of the >>wrong contexts :( > > > There's about 6 weeks to get stuff finished for 5.8.3 > > I don't think it's realistic to expect to get them all done by then, but > anyone is welcome to make a start. Whilst I think that this feels like a > good idea, I have finite time, and suspect that many other things will > feature higher on my TODO list. [such as responding to open bugs] Same here. I still need to followup on several threads on this and other lists and write a few summaries/patches, but new segfaults keep getting on the way :( __________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org mailto:stas@stason.org http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.comThread Previous | Thread Next