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On Sun Dec 11 10:27:51 2011, jkeenan wrote: > On Sun Jun 14 18:20:59 2009, sisyphus1@optusnet.com.au wrote: > > > > Not sure of the approved way of building perl with > > NO_PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV on > > Win32. > > I simply placed a '#define NO_PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV' at the beginning of > > perl.h. > > > > Tests 21 and 23 of ext/Devel/Peek/t/Peek.t are the only tests that > > failed > > during the running of the test suite. The output I get for those 2 > > tests is > > given below. > > > > Not sure if the garbage (for want of a better word) in the "expected" > > output > > is part of the failure, but I note that the "got" output terminates > > with: > > > > # REFCNT = 1 > > # FLAGS = (IOK,NOK,pIOK,pNOK) > > # IV = 456 > > # NV = 456 > > # PV = 0 > > > > whereas the "expected" output terminates with: > > > > # REFCNT = 1 > > # FLAGS = \(IOK,pIOK\) > > # IV = 456\Z)/ > > > > Anyway, here's the full output for those tests: > > [snip] > > It seems to me that there are two, connected issues raised in this ticket. > > One is the general problem of how one would build Perl with > 'NO_PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV' and the circumstances where one would want to do > that. > > The other is any Win32-specific problem, such as getting tests to pass > once we have figured out how to build with this option. > > For the reference of anyone who can address this ticket, here's some > relevant source code: > > from perl.h: > ### > #ifndef NO_PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV > #define PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV /* We like our integers to stay integers. */ > #endif > ### > > ... and this comments precedes several tests in ext/Devel-Peek/t/Peek.t > ### > # If perl is built with PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV then maths is done as integers > # where possible and this scalar will be an IV. If NO_PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV > then > # maths is done in floating point always, and this scalar will be an NV. > # ([NI]) captures the type, referred to by \1 in this regexp and $type for > # building subsequent regexps. > ### > > Rob, have you had any further experience with this bug since originally > filing the ticket? > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan > There has been no further discussion in this ticket since I last posted twenty months ago. I am taking the ticket for the purpose of closing it within 7 days unless there is further discussion. Thank you very much. Jim Keenan --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=66584Thread Previous