Re: [MacPerl] Scalars leaked?

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

"Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pjstoaster.pg.md.us> writes:
>Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch> writes:
>}Angus McIntyre <angus@pobox.com> writes:
>}>More 5.1.4r4 woes ... I've just run another of my existing scripts and got
>}>the cryptic message:
>}>
>}>	# Scalars leaked: 1
>}>
>}>at the end of the run.
>}
>}Hmm. Normally, these appear only when the script fails due to syntax errors. 
>}I would be interested in an example script.
>
>Really?  I get them all the time using LWP at the end of successful runs.
>In fact, I use it as a signal: when the MacPerl window pops up with
>"Scalars leaked: 4" in the background, I know that my script has
>successfully finished once again.

Sigh. I noticed that when running some LWP tests yesterday.

For the moment, I've decided to deal with this problem by turning the warning
message off: The leaking scalars are not something that users can influence,
and those who can hunt them down have other ways of getting this information.
In the grand tradition of the Peaceful Scientific Exploitation of Nuclear
Power, I'm thus putting an end to the dissemination of these Alarmist Messages
who cannot but Confuse the Minds of a Scientifically Illiterate Public.

>(Speaking of LWP, 5.14 is out and I should get a chance to put together the
>.sit.hqx in the next couple of days).

Speaking of LWP, I just finished integrating 5.13 into the distribution. I'm
pleased to report that the only site customization necessary is now for
$ENV{HOME} and media.types: $ENV{TMPDIR} and $ENV{USER} will become predefined,
many other $ENV's are fetched through internet config, and $ENV{METRICS}
happens to be the font folder available through FindFolder.

I'll try to get a set of patches to you ASAP.

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher                                   neeri@iis.ethz.ch
   "These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can 
    even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_

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