Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl warn and die format

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

In article <v04011703b2b085822164@[207.135.77.148]>, Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com> writes:
> At 11:39 -0800 12/30/98, John W Baxter wrote:
>> I can't imagine running a development tool under MPW without that
>> behavior...it's what every compiler, etc, has done under MPW since
>> 1986.  Since MPW installs itself as a "foreign file system" <it was

> MPW tool output does tend toward this standard and that's what the Mac is
> all about: standards.

> So maybe the behaviour could be "standard Perlish" for the standalone
> MacPerl and use the

>     # Warning: something's wrong, <> chunk 1.
>     File ':test.pl'; Line 1

>     # Died.
>     File ':test.pl'; Line 1

> format under MPW?

Sounds like more headaches for the portability minded, instead of fewer.

> Questions: If the output format changes to match "standard" Perl format for
> the standalone MacPerl app,

> 1) how does this affect the Jump To: menu item in MacPerl?

This could easily be changed. I'm not even sure whether Jump To is not
in fact already capable of handling either message style.

> 2) How would this affect the BBEdit error Browser interaction?

No idea.

Matthias

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