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From:
Zefram
Date:
September 11, 2010 00:09
Subject:
Re: Smoke [5.13.4] v5.13.4-207-g9ea1253 FAIL(m) openvms V8.4(IA64/2 cpu)
Message ID:
20100911070859.GC32401@lake.fysh.org
Craig A. Berry wrote:
>PERL_CALLCONV void      Perl_coerce_qwlist_to_paren_list(pTHX_ OP* qwlist)
>........................^
>%CC-W-LONGEXTERN, The external identifier name exceeds 31 characters;
>truncated to "PERL_COERCE_QWLIST_TO_PAREN_LIS".
>at line number 6995 in file D0:[smoke.Test-Smoke.blead]proto.h;1

Argh.  It's like we're back in the 1980s.

>Do we really need the word "coerce" in the name?  Would "do" do?

"coerce" is the *right* word, but not strictly necessary.  I think
s/coerce/munge/ is the best shortening.

-zefram
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