Re: [MacPerl] Re: Mac Penguins from Mars, Unix Penguins from Venus?

[Bill Middleton <wjm@metronet.com>]

> 
> In Net::FTP, there's a line
> 
>  #$me->autoflush(1);
> 
> (notice i have it commented out).  autoflush looks like (from
> IO::Socket.pm of the Net::FTP distribution)
> 
> sub autoflush {
>  my $sock = shift;
>  my $val = @_ ? shift : 0;
> 
>  select((select($sock), $| = $val)[$[]);
> }
> 
> This is a great way to lock up my Powerbook 165.  Hard freeze, every
> time.  Is this the behavior you're seeing in Penguin?

Yup.  Felix said he'd take a look at how frames are
generated.  To see if we it could be a bit more generic.
He also suggested a network line terminator for perl.
I like that idea.


Bill