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  1. Fix for Perl 5.14

    Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com> — 2011-04-23T07:02:13Z

    Perl 5.14.0-RC1 came out a few days ago...
    
    There is a minor compile time error due to the API changing a bit:
    plperl.c:929:3: error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment
    
    This is due to GvCV() no longer returning an lvalue, instead they want
    us to use the new GvCV_set macro. (see
    http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/perl-5.14.0-RC1/pod/perldelta.pod#GvCV()_and_GvGP()_are_no_longer_lvalues)
    
    Unfortunately  that macro is not available on older perls so the
    attached provides our own macro when GvCV_set is not defined.
    
    Tested with 5.14.0-rc1 and 5.12.3.
    
    The -head patch applies with fuzz to 9.0. The 8.4 patch applies clean
    to 8.4 and with fuzz to 8.3 and 8.2.
    
  2. Re: Fix for Perl 5.14

    Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> — 2011-04-23T13:00:12Z

    
    On 04/23/2011 03:02 AM, Alex Hunsaker wrote:
    > Perl 5.14.0-RC1 came out a few days ago...
    >
    > There is a minor compile time error due to the API changing a bit:
    > plperl.c:929:3: error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment
    >
    > This is due to GvCV() no longer returning an lvalue, instead they want
    > us to use the new GvCV_set macro. (see
    > http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/perl-5.14.0-RC1/pod/perldelta.pod#GvCV()_and_GvGP()_are_no_longer_lvalues)
    >
    > Unfortunately  that macro is not available on older perls so the
    > attached provides our own macro when GvCV_set is not defined.
    >
    > Tested with 5.14.0-rc1 and 5.12.3.
    >
    > The -head patch applies with fuzz to 9.0. The 8.4 patch applies clean
    > to 8.4 and with fuzz to 8.3 and 8.2.
    
    
    How nice of them not to fix it in ppport.h. I thought this is exactly 
    the sort of thing it's for.
    
    This looks OK, but I think we need to wait until they remove the RC tag.
    
    cheers
    
    andrew
    
    
  3. Re: Fix for Perl 5.14

    Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com> — 2011-04-23T16:12:25Z

    On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 07:00, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
    >
    >
    > On 04/23/2011 03:02 AM, Alex Hunsaker wrote:
    >> ...
    >> There is a minor compile time error due to the API changing a bit:
    >> plperl.c:929:3: error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment
    >> ...
    >> Unfortunately  that macro is not available on older perls so the
    >> attached provides our own macro when GvCV_set is not defined.
    
    > How nice of them not to fix it in ppport.h. I thought this is exactly the
    > sort of thing it's for.
    
    Hrm, I have the latest released version of Devel::PPPort, 3.19. I went
    poking around and found the have a newer "developer" release (3.19_03)
    at http://search.cpan.org/~mhx/Devel-PPPort-3.19_03/ (released
    2011-04-13). I see a few things for 5.14 but nothing about GvCV_set.
    Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I'm just diffing its ppport.h with
    ours. For the curious its attached.
    
    > This looks OK, but I think we need to wait until they remove the RC tag.
    
    Makes sense, Ill repost once they do ;).
    
  4. Re: Fix for Perl 5.14

    Reini Urban <rurban@x-ray.at> — 2011-04-23T19:58:08Z

    2011/4/23 Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>:
    > On 04/23/2011 03:02 AM, Alex Hunsaker wrote:
    >>
    >> Perl 5.14.0-RC1 came out a few days ago...
    >>
    >> There is a minor compile time error due to the API changing a bit:
    >> plperl.c:929:3: error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment
    >>
    >> This is due to GvCV() no longer returning an lvalue, instead they want
    >> us to use the new GvCV_set macro. (see
    >>
    >> http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/perl-5.14.0-RC1/pod/perldelta.pod#GvCV()_and_GvGP()_are_no_longer_lvalues)
    >>
    >> Unfortunately  that macro is not available on older perls so the
    >> attached provides our own macro when GvCV_set is not defined.
    >>
    >> Tested with 5.14.0-rc1 and 5.12.3.
    >>
    >> The -head patch applies with fuzz to 9.0. The 8.4 patch applies clean
    >> to 8.4 and with fuzz to 8.3 and 8.2.
    >
    >
    > How nice of them not to fix it in ppport.h. I thought this is exactly the
    > sort of thing it's for.
    
    It's not so easy to convert
      foo = GvCV(bah);
    to a
      GvCV_set(foo, bar);
    with a ppport.h macro automatically.
    
    But yes, the backport GvCV_set => lvalue GvCV should be in ppport.h.
    It is not yet
    -- 
    Reini Urban
    
    
  5. Re: Fix for Perl 5.14

    Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com> — 2011-05-16T19:13:39Z

    On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 07:00, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
    
    > This looks OK, but I think we need to wait until they remove the RC tag.
    
    5.14.0 is out now, Ive retested with 5.14.0 (x86-64), 5.12.3 (x86-64)
    and 5.10.1 (i386). No changes are needed.
    
    [ if you missed it ]
    The Devel::PPPort guy said patches are welcome and he won't be able to
    look into this until at least june.