From tony at kasei.com Sat Nov 2 11:10:52 2002 From: tony at kasei.com (Tony Bowden) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Book Reviews Message-ID: <20021102171051.GA10423@soto.kasei.com> So, is anyone actually going to submit the book reviews they've written? Tony From scott at kungfuftr.com Sat Nov 2 12:58:51 2002 From: scott at kungfuftr.com (Scott McWhirter) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Book Reviews In-Reply-To: <20021102171051.GA10423@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021102171051.GA10423@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021102185851.GA10042@aslan.narnian.org> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:10:52PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > So, is anyone actually going to submit the book reviews they've written? > I'll be submitting one for 'Rebel Code' although i got it at the library. ^_^ -- -Scott McWhirter- | -kungfuftr- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021103/f39874e4/attachment.bin From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Mon Nov 4 13:05:48 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Next meeting: 18th Nov Message-ID: <20021104190548.GA12509@labac.net> People. Y'know I am supposed to be speaking at our next gathering? Well, err, um, that date clashes with the Primary School AGM (oh how I laugh when I remember the mayhem I caused at the last two...) and I don't want to miss it. Can we rearrange the date? Or, feel free to have it without me. *sniff* Not that I care... Or, someone can have my slideshow, and give the talk for me. In my style. Yes, a solution. Of course, I would rather attend a rearranged one, but hey,...ok, I stop now. m. -- May I be so bold as to perhaps suggest Othello? -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From andrew at rivendale.net Mon Nov 4 14:37:17 2002 From: andrew at rivendale.net (Andrew Wilson) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Next meeting: 18th Nov In-Reply-To: <20021104190548.GA12509@labac.net> References: <20021104190548.GA12509@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021104203717.GH9330@rivendale.net> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 07:05:48PM +0000, Marc wrote: > Y'know I am supposed to be speaking at our next gathering? Yep. > Well, err, um, that date clashes with the Primary School AGM (oh how I > laugh when I remember the mayhem I caused at the last two...) and I > don't want to miss it. > > Can we rearrange the date? Or, feel free to have it without me. *sniff* > Not that I care... > > Or, someone can have my slideshow, and give the talk for me. In my > style. Yes, a solution. Of course, I would rather attend a rearranged > one, but hey,...ok, I stop now. Ok, when do you think our next meeting is? The only date you've mentioned is the 18th. Our meeting will (barring reorganisation) be on the 11th (i.e. the second Monday). The 18th is the BLUG meeting if we're having one this month. I know it's the second monday of the month, because someone[0] has some other club on the first Monday of the month. So are you trying to reorganise our meeting to a night that definitely doesn't suit you because you've got a Primary school AGM to attend? or what? Please clarify whether you thought the meeting was on the 18th or whether you're trying to move it to the 18th. andrew [0] i.e. you. -- Sagittarius: (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Your confusion over the baffling ordeal of modern life is only made worse by the strobe lights and klaxons. From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Mon Nov 4 14:39:31 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Next meeting: 18th Nov NOT!! In-Reply-To: <20021104190548.GA12509@labac.net> References: <20021104190548.GA12509@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021104203931.GB12951@labac.net> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 07:05:48PM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote: > People. > Damn. Ignore all that. I got myself a bit confused. The next meeting is on the 11th. So there. Which means I better actually *finish* the talk. m. -- What does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul? Matthew 16:26 -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From paul.dundas at btinternet.com Mon Nov 4 14:41:42 2002 From: paul.dundas at btinternet.com (Paul Dundas) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Christmas: New arrangements References: <20021023110244.GB11576@rivendale.net> <20021023111543.GA14966@gandalf.swmcc.com> Message-ID: <3DC6DB86.3000001@btinternet.com> Stick me down for the christmas dinner too :-) Where is it, by the way? Paul Stephen McCullough wrote: >On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 12:02:44PM +0100, Andrew Wilson wrote: > > >>Hi >> >>Since nobody objected, I have changed the night of the christmas dinner >>to Monday 16th December. I still don't have the menu yet so I can't >>post detais of what's on it. >> >>At the moment, I have the following people going: >> >>(In order of reply) >>Me >>Marc >>Joe McCool >>Tony >>Steve R >>Duggie >>Karen >>Marty >>Russel >>Leah >> >>If you think you should be on this list and you aren't can you let me >>know please. >> >>Liyang and swm, can you let me know definitely one way or t'other >>whether you will be joining us? >> >> > >I'll be going :) Thanks for moving this Andrew :) > > > -- Paul D ( paul.dundas@btinternet.com) "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff? From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Fri Nov 8 09:28:32 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Spring cleaning, early Message-ID: <20021108152832.GA11230@futureless.org> DTRT - clean your CPAN directory out. From the Perl Review - http://use.perl.org/~brian_d_foy/journal/8314 The size of CPAN is almost to the point that we will need three CDs to fit it all - 1.3Gb currently. Randal Schwartz, however, wrote a script to just mirror the most recent versions of everything (excluding the perl distribution itself, about 25Mb gzipped). The mini-CPAN came out to be 225Mb. brian d foy invented the "Schwartz Factor", or ratio of the real ective size, currently hovering around 0.174. He estimates that with the current size, if everyone cleaned out old distributions to get the Schwartz Factor up to 0.4, everything will fit on a single CD again. -- Russell Matbouli | Your fingers staple pine nuts russell@futureless.org | into everything you touch PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Fri Nov 8 10:34:18 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108162723.GA29233@deeden.co.uk> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108162723.GA29233@deeden.co.uk> Message-ID: <20021108163418.GA31096@futureless.org> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:27:23PM +0000, Steve Rushe wrote: > Where are you thinking of? I don't mind - the criteria - proximity and cost. I think Ryans do food. Anyone fancy that, 5.30-45pm ish? Ryans is 2 minutes away, and I don't think it'd be dear. There's Legends, but I don't like it (had some really bad food there, more than once possibly). -- Russell Matbouli | russell@futureless.org | Your hair is tall, and pretty! PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Tony From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Fri Nov 8 10:53:22 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:47:27PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > On what? Marc on $mystery_topic, he said at the Special Simon Meeting that he'd talk... Andrew is going to talk on Mail::Message, although he might do it in January instead. Anyone else want to talk? Lightning talk? -- Russell Matbouli | "ooooooooh heres the internet russell@futureless.org | - lets try mount it ...." PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | - seen in a technical support email -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Oh joy, Ms. Sigmonster! -- There is only one person who can complicate something more than Marc, and that is Andrew Wilson Tony -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From tony at kasei.com Fri Nov 8 11:06:04 2002 From: tony at kasei.com (Tony Bowden) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> Message-ID: <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:53:22PM +0000, Russell Matbouli wrote: > Marc on $mystery_topic, he said at the Special Simon Meeting that he'd > talk... Andrew is going to talk on Mail::Message, although he might do > it in January instead. Anyone else want to talk? Lightning talk? I'll do 5 mins on the shiny new features in the latest version of Class::DBI if people are interested ... Tony From andrew at rivendale.net Fri Nov 8 10:53:06 2002 From: andrew at rivendale.net (Andrew Wilson) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108162723.GA29233@deeden.co.uk> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108162723.GA29233@deeden.co.uk> Message-ID: <20021108165306.GA29360@rivendale.net> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:27:23PM +0000, Steve Rushe wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:15:55PM +0000, Russell Matbouli wrote: > > Monday at 7pm, at Jelly. Marc and Andrew will be speaking. Anyone else? > > > > Anyone for food beforehand? > > Where are you thinking of? I suspect he's probably thinking about food beforehand ;-) Pizza Express? or we could try the Thai on the Dublin Rd. andrew -- Pisces: (Feb. 19 - March 20) Every day, in every way, you're getting better and better. But at this rate, you won't be good enough for 64 more years. From andrew at rivendale.net Fri Nov 8 11:10:45 2002 From: andrew at rivendale.net (Andrew Wilson) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108165935.GB27401@labac.net> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> <20021108165935.GB27401@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021108171045.GB29360@rivendale.net> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:59:35PM +0000, Marc wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:47:27PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:15:55PM +0000, Russell Matbouli wrote: > > > Monday at 7pm, at Jelly. Marc and Andrew will be speaking. > > > > On what? > > I am speaking on Test::Class and Andrew is gesticulating on > Mail::Message. I may have agreed to[0] do a very short intro/overview of the Mail::Box set of modules since I've been using them over the last couple of days. I did point out that Marc has been using them much longer and is almost certainly bound to know more about them than me. andrew [0] Actually when I say agreed, I mean was badgered into. -- Aquarius: (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Disappointment is yours when you overestimate the power of the human spirit. From andrew at rivendale.net Fri Nov 8 11:11:16 2002 From: andrew at rivendale.net (Andrew Wilson) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021108171116.GC29360@rivendale.net> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:06:04PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:53:22PM +0000, Russell Matbouli wrote: > > Marc on $mystery_topic, he said at the Special Simon Meeting that he'd > > talk... Andrew is going to talk on Mail::Message, although he might do > > it in January instead. Anyone else want to talk? Lightning talk? > > I'll do 5 mins on the shiny new features in the latest version of > Class::DBI if people are interested ... Oh! yes please. andrew -- Capricorn: (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) You will come close to being a hero next Friday when you nearly push an old lady out of the way of a speeding bus. From steve-belfastpm at deeden.co.uk Fri Nov 8 11:11:45 2002 From: steve-belfastpm at deeden.co.uk (Steve Rushe) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021108171145.GA30664@deeden.co.uk> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:06:04PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > > I'll do 5 mins on the shiny new features in the latest version of > Class::DBI if people are interested ... Sounds very good to me. Steve -- Steve Rushe - www.deeden.co.uk Dotcom Optionaire From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Fri Nov 8 11:12:14 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021108171213.GA8345@futureless.org> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:06:04PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > I'll do 5 mins on the shiny new features in the latest version of > Class::DBI if people are interested ... Yes! Someone at the last meeting (Joe?) said they would like a full talk on Class::DBI - any chance? :) -- Russell Matbouli | russell@futureless.org | quota PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Tony From swm at swmcc.com Fri Nov 8 11:35:08 2002 From: swm at swmcc.com (Stephen McCullough) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Meeting, Monday, Jelly Towers In-Reply-To: <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021108161555.GB24551@futureless.org> <20021108164727.GA25868@soto.kasei.com> <20021108165322.GA4346@futureless.org> <20021108170604.GA26263@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021108173508.GA13925@gandalf.swmcc.com> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:06:04PM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:53:22PM +0000, Russell Matbouli wrote: > > Marc on $mystery_topic, he said at the Special Simon Meeting that he'd > > talk... Andrew is going to talk on Mail::Message, although he might do > > it in January instead. Anyone else want to talk? Lightning talk? > > I'll do 5 mins on the shiny new features in the latest version of > Class::DBI if people are interested ... Yes Please :) -- Stephen McCullough www.swmcc.com From paul.dundas at btinternet.com Sun Nov 10 19:02:30 2002 From: paul.dundas at btinternet.com (Paul Dundas) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: meeting (what is this jelly of which you speak?) Message-ID: <3DCF01A6.40107@btinternet.com> So can we have a quick summary? Where is this gelatinous tower where the meeting is? And if it's got more than one plausible location for a meeting, which one will we be using? And what's the consensus (if any) on food beforehand? Paul -- Paul D ( paul.dundas@btinternet.com) "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff? From M.Christian at ish.dtu.dk Mon Nov 11 09:16:55 2002 From: M.Christian at ish.dtu.dk (DCA Network) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Eliminate 100% of Late Fees & Interest! Message-ID: <0000521e1d64$000025db$00007e22@mail.isbc.fr> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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What about Welcome on the Stranmillis > Road? It's great. Or Giraffe? I haven't been there, but hear it's good. Right then, expressions of interest. who's going for something to eat? where do we ant to go? andrew -- Taurus: (April. 20 - May 20) Everyone wants the world to love them, but not everyone tries to win the world's affection by baking it an enormous pie. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021111/53e67ff5/attachment.bin From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Mon Nov 11 10:30:15 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Food Message-ID: <20021111163015.GA14830@futureless.org> Ryan's Bar and Grill, Lisburn Road. If you know where Jelly is, you go to the Lisburn Road end of College Gardens, then turn left and it's at the end of the block there. Or, if you knew where the 4-in-hand was, go there. I'll be going there after 5.30. Andrew, Stephen, Steve and Duggie are meeting me there afaik... -- Russell Matbouli | I know I believe in nothing russell@futureless.org | but it is my nothing PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021111/a2578fa2/attachment.bin From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Tue Nov 12 11:20:22 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Minimal CPAN mirroring Message-ID: <20021112172022.GA4228@futureless.org> Someone (Stephen?) asked about this. Here's the code: http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col42.listing.txt -- Russell Matbouli | The future teaches you to be alone russell@futureless.org | the present to be afraid and cold PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021112/45b4bfd2/attachment.bin From karen at martian.org Tue Nov 12 11:44:25 2002 From: karen at martian.org (Karen Pauley) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: January's meeting Message-ID: <20021112174425.GD13228@soto.kasei.com> I suppose you are wondering why on earth I would start talking about January's meeting in November? Well, December's is already organised and three people have already agreed to speak at January's meeting. Andrew Wilson - Mail::Box Tony Bowden - Devel::Cover Marc Kerr - Time::Piece This gives Andrew stacks of time to get his talk ready :) Karen From andrew at rivendale.net Tue Nov 12 11:47:00 2002 From: andrew at rivendale.net (Andrew Wilson) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: January's meeting In-Reply-To: <20021112174425.GD13228@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021112174425.GD13228@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021112174700.GB2599@rivendale.net> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:44:25PM +0000, Karen Pauley wrote: > I suppose you are wondering why on earth I would start talking about > January's meeting in November? > > Well, December's is already organised and three people have already > agreed to speak at January's meeting. > > Andrew Wilson - Mail::Box > Tony Bowden - Devel::Cover > Marc Kerr - Time::Piece > > This gives Andrew stacks of time to get his talk ready :) Or plenty of time to forget all about it ;-) Happy, happy sigmonster. andrew -- Scorpio: (Oct. 24 - Nov. 21) You will learn that the downside to taking the easy way out isn't that bad, after all. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks :) -- Stephen McCullough www.swmcc.com From swm at swmcc.com Wed Nov 13 05:22:48 2002 From: swm at swmcc.com (Stephen McCullough) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Perl Problems Message-ID: <20021113112248.GA20211@gandalf.swmcc.com> Hi, Could someone please help? I recently installed Linux on my laptop. I am trying to get some of the modules I use from the CPAN, this is what I get: /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:1969: pthread.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/iperlsys.h:51, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2200, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perlio.h:64: stdio.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:67, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/pwd.h:26: features.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/pwd.h:30: bits/types.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:70: grp.h: No such file or directory /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:73: netdb.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:80, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/crypt.h:28: features.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:85, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/shadow.h:24: features.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/shadow.h:26: paths.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/shadow.h:29: stdio.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2686, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/math.h:27: features.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/math.h:33: bits/huge_val.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/math.h:40: bits/mathdef.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/math.h:63: bits/mathcalls.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:3926, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/sys/ipc.h:22: features.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/sys/ipc.h:25: warning: #warning "Files using this header must be compiled with _SVID_SOURCE or _XOPEN_SOURCE" /usr/include/sys/ipc.h:29: bits/ipc.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:3927, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/sys/sem.h:22: features.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:3927, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/sys/sem.h:31: bits/sem.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:4040, from Piece.xs:5: /usr/include/sys/file.h:22: features.h: No such file or directory /usr/include/sys/file.h:25: fcntl.h: No such file or directory Piece.xs:7: time.h: No such file or directory make: *** [Piece.o] Error 1 /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK The module in question is Class::DBI, but I get the same for Time::Piece as well. So I take it that it will be the same for whatever modules I install :( I never installed 'c' on my laptop on the initial install, has this anything to do with it? I upgraded to Perl 5.8.0 last night, but the above happened when I was running Perl 5.6.1 as well. Please help :) -- Stephen McCullough www.swmcc.com From schwern at pobox.com Wed Nov 13 05:40:12 2002 From: schwern at pobox.com (Michael G Schwern) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Perl Problems In-Reply-To: <20021113112248.GA20211@gandalf.swmcc.com> References: <20021113112248.GA20211@gandalf.swmcc.com> Message-ID: <20021113114012.GE9383@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:22:48AM +0000, Stephen McCullough wrote: > Could someone please help? > > I recently installed Linux on my laptop. I am trying to get some of the > modules I use from the CPAN, this is what I get: > > /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:1969: pthread.h: No such file or directory > In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/iperlsys.h:51, > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2200, > from Piece.xs:5: > /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perlio.h:64: stdio.h: No such file or directory > In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:67, > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, > from Piece.xs:5: > /usr/include/pwd.h:26: features.h: No such file or directory > /usr/include/pwd.h:30: bits/types.h: No such file or directory > In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, > from Piece.xs:5: You seem to be missing large numbers of the standard C header files necessary for compiling C programs. How you managed to have /usr/include/pwd.h but not /usr/include/stdio.h is beyond me. This is very odd. > The module in question is Class::DBI, but I get the same for Time::Piece as > well. So I take it that it will be the same for whatever modules I install :( > > I never installed 'c' on my laptop on the initial install, has this anything to > do with it? Yes. You really, really, really, really, really want a C compiler on a Unix machine. Really really really. Really. C makes Unix go 'round. Install the gcc C compiler and anything that looks like it might contain standard C header files. On Debian its the libc6-dev package. I don't know what it is on other Linux distributions. Hopefully there will be an "install some stuff so I can compile programs" option to install all the right packages for you. -- Michael G. Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance Kwalitee Is Job One the chair. it wants to die. oh no! she sees me! she attacks! From swm at swmcc.com Wed Nov 13 07:19:30 2002 From: swm at swmcc.com (Stephen McCullough) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Perl Problems In-Reply-To: <20021113114012.GE9383@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net> References: <20021113112248.GA20211@gandalf.swmcc.com> <20021113114012.GE9383@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net> Message-ID: <20021113131930.GA20373@gandalf.swmcc.com> Hi, > > I recently installed Linux on my laptop. I am trying to get some of the > > modules I use from the CPAN, this is what I get: > > > > /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:1969: pthread.h: No such file or directory > > In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/iperlsys.h:51, > > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2200, > > from Piece.xs:5: > > /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perlio.h:64: stdio.h: No such file or directory > > In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/reentr.h:67, > > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, > > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, > > from Piece.xs:5: > > /usr/include/pwd.h:26: features.h: No such file or directory > > /usr/include/pwd.h:30: bits/types.h: No such file or directory > > In file included from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/op.h:480, > > from /usr/lib/perl/5.8.0/CORE/perl.h:2209, > > from Piece.xs:5: > > You seem to be missing large numbers of the standard C header files > necessary for compiling C programs. How you managed to have > /usr/include/pwd.h but not /usr/include/stdio.h is beyond me. > This is very odd. Yeah, I must have fscked up the installation some way. If there is a way to fsck something up SWM will find it :) > > The module in question is Class::DBI, but I get the same for Time::Piece as > > well. So I take it that it will be the same for whatever modules I install :( > > > > I never installed 'c' on my laptop on the initial install, has this anything to > > do with it? > > Yes. You really, really, really, really, really want a C compiler on a Unix > machine. Really really really. Really. C makes Unix go 'round. > > Install the gcc C compiler and anything that looks like it might contain > standard C header files. On Debian its the libc6-dev package. I don't know > what it is on other Linux distributions. Hopefully there will be an > "install some stuff so I can compile programs" option to install all the > right packages for you. I bit the bullet and upgraded to unstable. And everything seems to be working fine now :) Thanks to Mike and Simon :) Cheers, -- Stephen McCullough www.swmcc.com From scott at kungfuftr.com Wed Nov 13 12:08:43 2002 From: scott at kungfuftr.com (Scott McWhirter) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: website Message-ID: <20021113180843.GA9739@aslan.narnian.org> ullo, anyone noticed that the belfast.pm website is redirecting to blackstar? I was over in scotland when the meeting was on but if there is an easy list of what the new features in Class::DBI are could you possibly forward it to me. thanks, -- -Scott McWhirter- | -kungfuftr- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> Guys, I would like $queryString to contain the return value from the subroutine not the sub name, is this possible ?? Thanks, Patrick ---------------------- my @sql = ("getVendorsSql()", "getPricesSql()"); foreach (@sql) { my $queryString = ($_); print "queryString $queryString\n"; } ######################################################### ## Returns the SQL string ## ######################################################### sub getPricesSql() { print "I was here getPricesSql()\n"; return "SELECT * FROM PRICES_T"; } ######################################################### ## Returns the SQL string ## ######################################################### sub getVendorsSql() { print "I was here getVendorsSql()\n"; return "SELECT * FROM vendors_T"; } ---------------------------------------- From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Thu Nov 14 04:29:24 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Is this even possible ? In-Reply-To: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> References: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> Message-ID: <20021114102924.GC23563@futureless.org> Warning: untested code :) On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:20:17AM +0000, patrick.dempster@ntlworld.com wrote: > foreach (@sql) > { > my $queryString = ($_); - print "queryString $queryString\n"; + print "queryString " . &{$queryString} . "\n"; > } -- Russell Matbouli | Where it not for the dizzy whiptail ambivalence russell@futureless.org | of your crumbling fleece, I could never contemplate PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | the ways of so many merchant bankers in heat -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> References: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> Message-ID: <20021114103054.GA2338@soto.kasei.com> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:20:17AM +0000, patrick.dempster@ntlworld.com wrote: > my @sql = ("getVendorsSql()", "getPricesSql()"); > foreach (@sql) > { > my $queryString = ($_); > print "queryString $queryString\n"; > } my @sql = ("getVendorsSql", "getPricesSql"); foreach my $sub (@sql) { my $queryString = $sub->(); print "queryString $queryString\n"; } or my $queryString = &$sub; Tony From patrick.dempster at ntlworld.com Thu Nov 14 05:11:23 2002 From: patrick.dempster at ntlworld.com (patrick.dempster@ntlworld.com) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Is this even possible ? Message-ID: <20021114111123.HXUN20191.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.63]> Thanks guys this is just what I was looking for but couldn't find it in the documentation (because I wasn't sure what I was looking for). And in answer to my own question another way of doing it was which I discovered about 2 minutes after posting :), my @sql = (getVendorsSql(), getPricesSql()); Thanks again folks. > > From: Tony Bowden > Date: 2002/11/14 Thu AM 10:30:54 GMT > To: belfast-pm@pm.org > Subject: Re: Is this even possible ? > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:20:17AM +0000, patrick.dempster@ntlworld.com wrote: > > my @sql = ("getVendorsSql()", "getPricesSql()"); > > foreach (@sql) > > { > > my $queryString = ($_); > > print "queryString $queryString\n"; > > } > > my @sql = ("getVendorsSql", "getPricesSql"); > foreach my $sub (@sql) { > my $queryString = $sub->(); > print "queryString $queryString\n"; > } > > or > > my $queryString = &$sub; > > Tony > > From schwern at pobox.com Thu Nov 14 14:05:22 2002 From: schwern at pobox.com (Michael G Schwern) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Is this even possible ? In-Reply-To: <20021114103054.GA2338@soto.kasei.com> References: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> <20021114103054.GA2338@soto.kasei.com> Message-ID: <20021114200522.GR547@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:30:54AM +0000, Tony Bowden wrote: > my @sql = ("getVendorsSql", "getPricesSql"); > foreach my $sub (@sql) { > my $queryString = $sub->(); > print "queryString $queryString\n"; > } > > or > > my $queryString = &$sub; Just make sure you've got 'no strict "refs"' somewhere before that if you're using strict. This is what's called a "symbolic reference" and strict no likey. The perlref man page has a section on this. -- Michael G. Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance Kwalitee Is Job One You'll do. From D.Cameron at asp.cz Fri Nov 15 02:59:57 2002 From: D.Cameron at asp.cz (US Telecenter) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Crystal Clear Conference Calls Message-ID: <000053a8544d$00006192$00000305@pop3.asos.com.pl> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021114/eba00820/attachment.htm From marty+belfast-pm at kasei.com Fri Nov 15 18:56:51 2002 From: marty+belfast-pm at kasei.com (Marty Pauley) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Is this even possible ? In-Reply-To: <20021114200522.GR547@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net> References: <20021114102018.CTYM20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.61]> <20021114103054.GA2338@soto.kasei.com> <20021114200522.GR547@ool-18b93024.dyn.optonline.net> Message-ID: <20021116005651.GA28212@soto.kasei.com> Have you all gone daft?! Patrick, don't use symbolic references. They're evil. Use "real" references: my @sql = (\&getVendorsSql, \&getPricesSql); foreach my $sub (@sql) { my $queryString = $sub->(); print "queryString $queryString\n"; } -- Marty -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 212 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021116/69577a93/attachment.bin From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Fri Nov 22 03:16:48 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Books Message-ID: <20021122091648.GA17116@labac.net> Has anyone finished with their review book yet? As I am waiting to write *another* review of the same book. I think it will be interesting to see what different people think of the same books. So where are they then? Who has them? I thought by looking at the reviews on the site I could tell who has them, but apparently not... m. -- So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing. -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From steve-belfastpm at deeden.co.uk Fri Nov 22 03:30:07 2002 From: steve-belfastpm at deeden.co.uk (Steve Rushe) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Books In-Reply-To: <20021122091648.GA17116@labac.net> References: <20021122091648.GA17116@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021122093007.GA17899@deeden.co.uk> On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 09:16:48AM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote: > Has anyone finished with their review book yet? As I am waiting to write > *another* review of the same book. I think it will be interesting to see > what different people think of the same books. > > So where are they then? Who has them? I thought by looking at the > reviews on the site I could tell who has them, but apparently not... Well I have the Perl Developer's Handbook which I'm slowly getting through. It's not the best of reads at the moment, and the pile of other books beside the bed full of much more appealing books. I am getting through it though, it's just a slog. As for the list of outstanding books not being on the site, that's on my list of planned changes, most of which are a few weeks from deployment. Steve -- Steve Rushe - www.deeden.co.uk Your intelligence is vastly under-used From russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org Fri Nov 22 03:40:07 2002 From: russell-belfast-pm at futureless.org (Russell Matbouli) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:54 2004 Subject: Books In-Reply-To: <20021122091648.GA17116@labac.net> References: <20021122091648.GA17116@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021122094006.GB4564@futureless.org> On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 09:16:48AM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote: > So where are they then? Who has them? I thought by looking at the > reviews on the site I could tell who has them, but apparently not... I have the mod_perl Developer's Cookbook. I will read it, I will read it, I will read it. Being a cookbook, it's rather difficult to read straight through. If you want to take it from me, you can... -- Russell Matbouli | Your legs are like threads of cotton, russell@futureless.org | though much thicker, and filled with weevils PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021122/7f334c66/attachment.bin From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Wed Nov 27 10:27:52 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: New module on its way to CPAN Message-ID: <20021127162752.GE6190@labac.net> You can get it at: http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk/Merge-HashRef-0.01.tar.gz if you can't wait. What does it do? One thing and one thing only. Takes a list of hashrefs and gives you back one. m. -- What does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul? Matthew 16:26 -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From steve-belfastpm at deeden.co.uk Wed Nov 27 10:38:04 2002 From: steve-belfastpm at deeden.co.uk (Steve Rushe) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <20021127162752.GE6190@labac.net> References: <20021127162752.GE6190@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021127163804.GA7122@deeden.co.uk> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:27:52PM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote: > You can get it at: > > http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk/Merge-HashRef-0.01.tar.gz > > if you can't wait. > > What does it do? One thing and one thing only. Takes a list of hashrefs > and gives you back one. Well it's spelt alphabetic, not aplhabetic. Steve -- Steve Rushe - www.deeden.co.uk All you want to do is something good, so get ready to be ridiculed and misunderstood From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Wed Nov 27 10:42:00 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <20021127163804.GA7122@deeden.co.uk> References: <20021127162752.GE6190@labac.net> <20021127163804.GA7122@deeden.co.uk> Message-ID: <20021127164200.GI6190@labac.net> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:38:04PM +0000, Steve Rushe wrote: > > Well it's spelt alphabetic, not aplhabetic. If that's the worst in there, then I will be happy! m. -- What does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul? Matthew 16:26 -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From jasper at guideguide.com Wed Nov 27 10:59:27 2002 From: jasper at guideguide.com (Jasper McCrea) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: New module on its way to CPAN References: <20021127162752.GE6190@labac.net> Message-ID: <3DE4F9EF.61C0C21C@guideguide.com> Stray Toaster wrote: > > You can get it at: > > http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk/Merge-HashRef-0.01.tar.gz > > if you can't wait. > > What does it do? One thing and one thing only. Takes a list of hashrefs > and gives you back one. Is there a point to this that I am missing? Two lines of code, one of those lines using another module? In fact, you have to type more characters to use this than just to write: my $hashref = { map %$_, $ref1, $ref2, ... }; cf use HashRef.pm; my $hashref = merge_hashref($ref1, $ref2, ...); Isn't this false laziness? Jasper -- The world is full of bad men but Bobby still repeats, "One Day a rain will come and wash the scum off of the streets." From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Wed Nov 27 11:08:29 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <3DE4F9EF.61C0C21C@guideguide.com> References: <20021127162752.GE6190@labac.net> <3DE4F9EF.61C0C21C@guideguide.com> Message-ID: <20021127170829.GJ6190@labac.net> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:59:27PM +0000, Jasper McCrea wrote: > In fact, you have to type more characters to use this than just to write: > > my $hashref = { map %$_, $ref1, $ref2, ... }; > > cf > > use HashRef.pm; > my $hashref = merge_hashref($ref1, $ref2, ...); > > Isn't this false laziness? probably. As opposed to me remembering to do the map bit, with the braces and all, I erase that from my mind and just remember merge_hashref. For the same reason as File::Slurp. Everyone knows how to open a file and read it in, as it only takes a few lines, but it is so much easier to do use File::Slurp; my $foo = read_file($filename); Oh, leave me alone! Just cause you are taller than me... m. -- No, I am not laughing with you -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Thu Nov 28 08:10:20 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: Books. Message-ID: <20021128141019.GC13814@labac.net> Right. I want a book from someone. So I can shame them and have my review in first. Even though they have had the book for like, forever. Who has what again? I don't mind which one I get, I just fancy writing a review. Practice my reviewing skills. Or, try and get some reviewing skills. So, can I get one tomorrow, a little something for the weekend? Of course, if you (pl) need to keep them over the weekend to put the finishing touches to your (what must be by now voluminous) review, I can wait. m. -- He doesn't like Will and Grace because he is gay. Karen lets Andrew's secret out -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From duggie at ninet.co.uk Thu Nov 28 08:37:18 2002 From: duggie at ninet.co.uk (Duggie) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: Books. In-Reply-To: <20021128141019.GC13814@labac.net>; from mwk@stray-toaster.co.uk on Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 02:10:20PM +0000 References: <20021128141019.GC13814@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021128143718.A7258@blackstar.co.uk> On (28/11/02 14:10), Stray Toaster wrote: > Right. > > I want a book from someone. So I can shame them and have my review in > first. Even though they have had the book for like, forever. > > Who has what again? I don't mind which one I get, I just fancy writing a > review. Practice my reviewing skills. Or, try and get some reviewing > skills. > > So, can I get one tomorrow, a little something for the weekend? > > Of course, if you (pl) need to keep them over the weekend to put the > finishing touches to your (what must be by now voluminous) review, I can > wait. > > m. You'll be wanting to ask McCullough. Name & Shame R Us! Duggie From liyang at nerv.cx Sat Nov 30 07:32:42 2002 From: liyang at nerv.cx (Liyang HU) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: Another New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <20021127170829.GJ6190@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021130133242.GA14034@sakura.local.nerv.cx> You can get it at: http://nerv.cx/liyang/perl/ForLoop-0.0.0.0.0.0.1.tar.gz What does it do? One thing and one thing only: it takes a sub ref, passing it a numeric value successively between two limits you specify. e.g.: for_loop(1, 10, sub { print shift(). " of ten!" }); Hopefully, support for iterating over arrays will come in the next release. Beta-testers are welcome! Please contact me for details! ... On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 05:08:29PM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:59:27PM +0000, Jasper McCrea wrote: > > Isn't this false laziness? Yes. > As opposed to me remembering to do the map bit, with the braces and > all, I erase that from my mind and just remember merge_hashref. Repeat after me: map is good. Erasing map from one's mind is baaaad. Mmkay? > For the same reason as File::Slurp. Well, you can justify *anything* using existing modules in CPAN... genocide, probably. I'm getting a distinct feeling somewhat akin to the freshmeat ``My First Shell Script'' syndrome... asserting copyright and specifying the license for one line of code is just silly[0]. How about actually merging hashes (dealing with key clashes), like the module's name suggests it ought to do? Something like: my $ref = merge_hashref(sub { my ($a, $b) = @_; return $a > $b ? $a : $b }, $ref1, $ref2, ...); later, /Liyang [0] Not that I'm saying one shouldn't be able to... -- .--{ Liyang HU }--{ http://nerv.cx/ }--{ Caius@Cam }--{ PGP: 7B632CB8 }--. | I'm sure you've written down every 216 digit number, you've translated | | all of them, you've intoned them all. Haven't you? -- Max Cohen, Pi | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 218 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021130/6c07e8b1/attachment.bin From duggie-belfast-pm at blackstar.co.uk Sat Nov 30 08:47:26 2002 From: duggie-belfast-pm at blackstar.co.uk (Duggie) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: Another New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <20021130133242.GA14034@sakura.local.nerv.cx>; from liyang@nerv.cx on Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:32:42PM +0000 References: <20021127170829.GJ6190@labac.net> <20021130133242.GA14034@sakura.local.nerv.cx> Message-ID: <20021130144726.A10290@blackstar.co.uk> On (30/11/02 13:32), Liyang HU wrote: > You can get it at: > > http://nerv.cx/liyang/perl/ForLoop-0.0.0.0.0.0.1.tar.gz > > What does it do? One thing and one thing only: it takes a sub ref, > passing it a numeric value successively between two limits you specify. > e.g.: > > for_loop(1, 10, sub { print shift(). " of ten!" }); This is exactly what I've been looking for! It's going to clean up so much of my code! Duggie From mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk Sat Nov 30 13:53:40 2002 From: mwk at stray-toaster.co.uk (Stray Toaster) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: Another New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <20021130133242.GA14034@sakura.local.nerv.cx> References: <20021127170829.GJ6190@labac.net> <20021130133242.GA14034@sakura.local.nerv.cx> Message-ID: <20021130195340.GA25207@labac.net> On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:32:42PM +0000, Liyang HU wrote: > for_loop(1, 10, sub { print shift(). " of ten!" }); > > Hopefully, support for iterating over arrays will come in the next > release. Beta-testers are welcome! Please contact me for details! *bam* Can I beta test your next release which has something like, I dunno, you take a value, right, let us call it a key, and assign it a value? What do those new-fangled compsci people call it? Ah, yes, an associative array. (Liyang, it also would have been funnier if you actually had of reinvented the for loop and had a file at the specified url. I was expecting to download it and it to just be a text file which called me names. Ah well, you missed that one. Boy, am I ever going to harang you at the Christmas dinner.) > Repeat after me: map is good. Erasing map from one's mind is baaaad. > Mmkay? I wasn't advocating forgetting map. I merely wanted a way to merge hashrefs into one big one. And the clobbering of key/values was deliberate. > Well, you can justify *anything* using existing modules in CPAN... > genocide, probably. I'm getting a distinct feeling somewhat akin to the > freshmeat ``My First Shell Script'' syndrome... asserting copyright and > specifying the license for one line of code is just silly[0]. Err, that bit is a no-brainer. I have skeleton files that create allthe guff around my modules. What, you don't think I cut n paste (or, God forbid, type) all that gubbins everytime? > > How about actually merging hashes (dealing with key clashes), like the > module's name suggests it ought to do? Something like: > > my $ref = merge_hashref(sub { my ($a, $b) = @_; > return $a > $b ? $a : $b }, $ref1, $ref2, ...); But if you pass it a list of hashrefs, how are you supposed to know which one clobbers the other? Arbitary numeric inquality type things? Nope, I left it to the user (namely, me). As opposed to this being a freshmeat first-script syndrome, I fear this is more a /. bashing of me. m. -- He doesn't like Will and Grace because he is gay. Karen lets Andrew's secret out -- Family ties : http://www.thefamilykerr.co.uk Playtime : http://www.stray-toaster.co.uk From liyang at nerv.cx Sat Nov 30 16:32:38 2002 From: liyang at nerv.cx (Liyang HU) Date: Tue Aug 3 23:54:55 2004 Subject: Another New module on its way to CPAN In-Reply-To: <20021130195340.GA25207@labac.net> References: <20021127170829.GJ6190@labac.net> <20021130133242.GA14034@sakura.local.nerv.cx> <20021130195340.GA25207@labac.net> Message-ID: <20021130223237.GA14376@sakura.local.nerv.cx> On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 07:53:40PM +0000, Stray Toaster wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:32:42PM +0000, Liyang HU wrote: > > for_loop(1, 10, sub { print shift(). " of ten!" }); > Can I beta test your next release which has something like, I dunno, > you take a value, right, let us call it a key, and assign it a value? > What do those new-fangled compsci people call it? Ah, yes, an > associative array. Finite map. :P~~ > (Liyang, it also would have been funnier if you actually had of > reinvented the for loop and had a file at the specified url. I've less free time than you! > I was expecting to download it and it to just be a text file which > called me names. Ah well, you missed that one. Boy, am I ever going to > harang you at the Christmas dinner.) Looking forward to it. ^_- > > asserting copyright and specifying the license for one line of code > > is just silly[0]. > Err, that bit is a no-brainer. I have skeleton files that create all > the guff around my modules. What, you don't think I cut n paste (or, > God forbid, type) all that gubbins everytime? But the essence of all that is simply one line! I mean, it belongs more in a tips and tricks FAQ thingy than being uploaded to CPAN... They had problems fitting only the most recent modules on CPAN onto a CD; this isn't going to help matters... > > How about actually merging hashes (dealing with key clashes), like the > > module's name suggests it ought to do? > But if you pass it a list of hashrefs, how are you supposed to know > which one clobbers the other? The sub ref is user-specified. (Clobber by default, say.) This might express my intentions better: my $total_count = merge_hashref(sub { my ($a, $b) = @_; return $a + $b }, $count_a, $count_b, ...); > Arbitary numeric inquality type things? Nope, I left it to the user > (namely, me). But any other potential user () has no choice but to clobber the things... > As opposed to this being a freshmeat first-script syndrome, I fear > this is more a /. bashing of me. Nah, you're just being paranoid... isn't he, lads? later, /Liyang -- .--{ Liyang HU }--{ http://nerv.cx/ }--{ Caius@Cam }--{ PGP: 7B632CB8 }--. | There are two major products that came from Berkeley: LSD & UNIX. | | We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 218 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.pm.org/archives/belfast-pm/attachments/20021130/42fb9eca/attachment.bin