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Hello! If you upgrade Scalar::Util from CPAN and do not have a compiler, it will install pure perl version without warnings (see http://search.cpan.org/src/GBARR/Scalar-List-Utils-1.19/Makefile.PL). And perl tests have check for XS version, some of them are skipped if XS part is not available (weak.t included and it is only test that checks weaken). I propose to modify tests that they will REQUIRE full implementation. And modify CPAN version to require compiler, because too many CPAN modules require this functionality. Another way is to split Scalar::Util into two modules: pure perl Scalar::Util and XS Scalar::Util::Weaken. 2007/4/24, demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com>: > On 4/24/07, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 08:08:28AM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 23:17 -0700, Joshua ben Jore wrote: > > > > Aren't there some OSes like Red Hat which frequently ship with > > > > Scalar::Util minus the XS portions like weaken and blessed? > > > > > > Yes, > > > <checks other laptop> Mandrake Linux 9.2 did as well. Same with ubuntu 6.06 - have helped recenly in Request Tracker list. It already had Scalar::Util 1.19. > > > > Then they are buggy. > > Not us. > > Thank you. My thoughts exactly. Removing XS implementations of core > modules is a seriously stupid thing to do and any distro which does so > deserves to handle all the bug reports themselves. -- Alexandr Ciornii, http://chorny.netThread Previous | Thread Next