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On 25/01/13 03:57, Ricardo Signes wrote:
> * kevin dawson <kevin.dawson@btclick.com> [2012-01-26T16:03:50]
>> On 24/01/12 19:48, Ricardo Signes wrote:
>>> The problem here is that somewhere along the way, you have loaded
>>> File::HomeDir, which is not a core part of Perl. The "X" command uses
>>> dumpvar.pl to dump all the globals, including %~, which File::HomeDir has
>>> tied.
>>>
>>> That tied variable does not provide the full tied hash interface. Most
>>> importantly, it can't properly work with "keys" or "each"
>>
>> I have talked to AdamK and he has updated File::HomeDir upgraded to 0.99
>>
>> Changes include
>> The use of deprecated %~ now emits a warning
>>
>> in lib/File/HomeDir.pm
>> Carp::Carp("The tied %~ hash has been deprecated");
>>
>> Now the interesting bit, no difference at all
> Happy almost anniversary, bug!
>
> Well, what Adam uploaded doesn't actually fix the problem! It still doesn't
> implement the method, it dies when you call it, and so of course *that* didn't
> fix this problem.
>
>> Q. who do I talk to about dumpvar.pl
> Me!
>
> Back when this came up, I said that the solution was to patch dumpvar.pl to
> emit some "(and this part failed)" marker when a part of a dump failed, so that
> the rest could continue. Nobody did that, so I have. I just pushed it to
> branch rjbs/dumpvar-eval.
>
> With that change, this program:
>
> use File::HomeDir;
> require "code/perl5/lib/dumpvar.pl";
> dumpValue({ x => \%~, z => [ 1, 2, 3 ] });
>
> Now emits:
>
> 'x' => HASH(0x7f8c3a9ccfa8)
> << value could not be dumped: You can't FIRSTKEY with the %~ hash at code/perl5/lib/dumpvar.pl line 217.
> >>
> 'z' => ARRAY(0x7f8c3a8298e0)
> 0 1
> 1 2
> 2 3
>
> If no one sees a reason to object, I will apply this to blead soon.
>
rjbs
thanks for the birthday present :)
regards
kevin
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