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• Thanks (Score:1)

  by ChrisDolan (2855)

  On behalf of all the Perl::Critic committers I say thanks, Adam. I just committed a fix to Perl::Critic that makes it pass tests with PPI SVN head.
  
  An anecdote: Perl parses "-t" aggressively. Consider the following code:
      3-t(); # syntax error
      3-test(); # Undefined subroutine &main::test
  
  PPI doesn't treat the first case the same way Perl does, but it's a syntax error so does it really matter?
  
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by Alias (5735)

    My standard for that is based on how stable Perl's interpretation is.
    
    Perl's intepretation changes over time (each version has slight differences here and there). Witness how selfgol only works on a few particular versions of Perl.
    
    PPI doesn't try to maintain bug for bug compatibility, because it simply can't. It has to be somewhat compatible with all versions.
    
    So the general direction is that BOTH of $Perl{perl} and $Perl{PPI} trends towards $Perl{Larry}. On the way, $Perl{PPI} also tries to get as close as i
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by ChrisDolan (2855)

      Sorry, I was unclear. I didn't mean that "3-t();" anecdote as a criticism of PPI. I just thought I'd mention it here as an oddity that I came across in my testing rather than ignore it. It's just a curiosity.
      • Re:Thanks (Score:1)

        by Alias (5735) on 2006.09.03 17:07 (#49754) Homepage Journal

        And I didn't take it as a criticism, I was just pointing out I know there's lots of stuff like that, and there are certain conditions under which I fix them, even if illogical.

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