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List:       perl5-porters
Subject:    Re: [perl #130735] AutoLoader implies suitability for constants, fails to mention inlining incompabi
From:       Sawyer X <xsawyerx () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-02-27 14:04:34
Message-ID: 8d5ba203-c6c6-4015-0f4a-b4207016e7fb () gmail ! com
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On 02/26/2017 11:41 PM, James E Keenan via RT wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:30:09 GMT, jkeenan wrote:
>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:31:35 GMT, walde.christian@gmail.com wrote:
>>> This is a bug report for perl from walde.christian@gmail.com,
>>> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.4.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> [Please describe your issue here]
>>>
>>> The problem is with this section of the AutoLoader documentation:
>>>
>>> http://perldoc.perl.org/AutoLoader.html#Overriding-*AutoLoader*'s-
>>> AUTOLOAD-Subroutine
>>>
>>> It describes how to do certain things with the module, but choses to
>>> make its example with constants, despite the fact that AutoLoader
>>> cannot create inlinable constant functions, due to always executing
>>> after compile time.
>>>
>>> The attached patch adds a note of this limitation.
>>>
>> We have a bit of a technical problem here.  The AutoLoader library is
>> found within the core distribution under 'cpan/Autoloader/'.  This
>> suggests that it is maintained upstream on cpan rather than in blead.
>> This impression is confirmed by its entry in Porting/Maintainers.pl.
>>
>> However, when I go to
>> https://rt.cpan.org//Dist/Display.html?Queue=AutoLoader and click on
>> "Preferred Bug Tracker," I'm taken back to rt.perl.org -- which
>> implies that it's maintained in core.
>>
>> So we need to clarify where this bug report should go.  copying the
>> maintainer.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>> Jim Keenan
> I have not heard back from the listed maintainer (SMUELLER).
>
> pumpking: guidance requested.

SMUELLER is sometimes overflowing in email. Let's give it another day or
two.
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