use Perl

• looks_like_number on 5.8.4 (Score:2)

  by Theory (10)

  $ perl -v
  This is perl, v5.8.4 built for i686-linux
  
  Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall
  
  Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
  GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
  
  Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
  this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
  Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.
  
  $ perl -MScalar::Util -le 'print Scalar::Util::looks_
  • Re:looks_like_number on 5.8.4 (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Yup, that's a bug.

    [ovid@tomis ovid]$ perl -v
    
    This is perl, v5.8.6 built for i686-linux-thread-multi
    
    Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall
    
    Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
    GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
    
    Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
    this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
    Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
    
    [ov
  • Re:looks_like_number on 5.8.4 (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Though it occurs to me to wonder what version of Scalar::Util you have? If it's an older version, maybe I can just require the latest?
    • Re:looks_like_number on 5.8.4 (Score:1)

      by link (3402)

      There were some changes to perls internal looks_like_number function about a year ago. Possibly related(or not) to this issue
      http://tinyurl.com/5k6t7/ [tinyurl.com]
      http://tinyurl.com/598qj [tinyurl.com]
      
      • Re:looks_like_number on 5.8.4 (Score:2)

        by Ovid (2709)

        That looks like the problem. I'll just need to add a test for defined in the code.