Stories for 2008-02-21

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In this issue:
    * Win32::API v0.48 adds cdecl function call support
    * SlideShare Perl Goodness
    * This Week on perl5-porters - 10-16 February 2008
    * New CPAN Distributions for February 20, 2008

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| Win32::API v0.48 adds cdecl function call support                  |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Wednesday February 20, @17:29 (CPAN)    |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/20/2211228              |
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[0]cosimo writes "As you probably know, I have been struggling to get
Win32::API to work on Vista with various MSVC++ and GCC compilers.

Since many have asked for it, and some brave soul had an old patch
available on the net, I decided to give it a shot.
I had already tried 2 or 3 times to get this patch (originally for v0.41)
integrated in the new Win32::API versions, but always failed at it.

Today I decided to take the full journey, and seems I succeeded. Probably
I broke something else... :-)
Please bare with me. Anyway, I have 2 things left in this release that I
want to address in the new one:

  * There's a Borland C macro def that is completely broken (thanks to
    BrowserUk for noticing)

  * I need to complete the stack cleanup assembler code at the end of
    Call() function in the XS code. This should be easy, for some
    definition of "easy", since I already have some examples of MSVC/GCC
    assembler code in my RT queue.

In the meanwhile, if you notice something wrong with your
OS/Perl/compiler, please mail me or fill in your bug report in RT.
Thanks!"

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/20/2211228

Links:
    0. mailto:[email protected]


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| SlideShare Perl Goodness                                           |
|   posted by brian_d_foy on Wednesday February 20, @17:52 (User Jour|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/20/2232238              |
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I've joined [0]SlideShare and uploaded [1]the 17 talks for which I have
slides readily available. I'm still playing with the service, and
although Andy Armstrong pointed out that there is a Perl group, I didn't
find any Perl events. I have fixed that by adding the right stuff for the
talks I have:

Groups:
  * [2]Perl (73 talks)
  * [3]Windy City Perl Mongers (6 talks)
  * [4]Stonehenge (17 talks)



Events:
  * [5]YAPC Chicago 2006 (3 talks)
  * [6]YAPC Chicago 2008
  * [7]Frozen Perl 2008 (5 talks)
  * [8]Nordic Perl Workshop, Oslo 2006 (3 talks)
  * [9]Nordic Perl Workshop, Copenhagen 2007 (5 talks)



Add your own events and groups even if you don't have slides for them
yet! If you need help remembering dates, use [10]The Perl Review's
Community Calendar.

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/20/2232238

Links:
    0. http://www.slideshare.net/
    1. http://www.slideshare.net/brian_d_foy
    2. http://www.slideshare.net/group/perl
    3. http://www.slideshare.net/group/windy-city-perl-mongers
    4. http://www.slideshare.net/group/stonehenge-consulting-services-inc
    5. http://www.slideshare.net/event/yapcna-chicago-2006
    6. http://www.slideshare.net/event/yapcna-chicago-2008
    7. http://www.slideshare.net/event/frozen-perl
    8. http://www.slideshare.net/event/nordic-perl-workshop-2006
    9. http://www.slideshare.net/event/nordic-perl-workshop-2007
   10. http://www.theperlreview.com/community_calendar


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| This Week on perl5-porters - 10-16 February 2008                   |
|   posted by grinder on Wednesday February 20, @18:07 (Summaries)   |
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/20/239235               |
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This Week on perl5-porters - 10-16 February 2008
================================================

"So should we punt in this case and revert to the old warning for
SvGAMAGICAL? My personal opinion is to leave it. People doing strange
things should not be surprised by strange results." -- Rick Delaney,
debating the Principle of Least Surprise (or something like that).

This story continues at:
    http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/20/239235

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/20/239235


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| New CPAN Distributions for February 20, 2008                       |
|   posted by pudge on Wednesday February 20, @18:30 (Module Listings|
|   http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/20/1530212              |
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  * [0]Archive-Rar-1.95 -- Interface with the 'rar' command
  * [1]Bundle-Thread-1.03 -- A bundle of modules for supporting threads
    in Perl
  * [2]CGI-LZE-0.26
  * [3]CGI-LZE-Blog-0.26
  * [4]CORBA-Python-2.62
  * [5]CPAN-Mini-0.567 -- create a minimal mirror of CPAN
  * [6]Catalyst-Engine-Apache-1.12 -- Catalyst Apache Engines
  * [7]Class-DBI-Loader-Oracle-0.02 -- Class::DBI::Loader Oracle
    Implementation.
  * [8]Class-DBI-Pageset-0.14 -- A flexible pager utility for Class::DBI
    using Data::Pageset
  * [9]Common-CLI-0.01 -- Command line applications made easy.
  * [10]Config-Interactive-0.01 -- config module with support for
    interpolation, XML fragments and interactive UI
  * [11]Config-Options-0.08 -- module to provide a configuration hash
    with option to read from file.
  * [12]DBD-Pg-2.1.2 -- PostgreSQL database driver for the DBI module
  * [13]DBI-LZE-0.26
  * [14]DashProfiler-1.09 -- efficiently collect call count and timing
    data aggregated by context
  * [15]Data-Paginate-v0.0.5 -- Perl extension for complete and efficient
    data pagination
  * [16]Data-Properties-YAML-0.01 -- YAML-ized properties for your
    application
  * [17]Data-Properties-YAML-0.02 -- YAML-ized properties for your
    application
  * [18]Date-Piece-v0.0.2 -- efficient dates with Time::Piece
    interoperability
  * [19]Devel-PerlySense-0.0144 -- Perl IDE with Emacs frontend
  * [20]Fey-0.05 -- Better SQL Generation Through Perl
  * [21]Fey-DBIManager-0.04 -- Manage a set of DBI handles
  * [22]Fey-Test-0.04 -- Test libraries for Fey distros
  * [23]File-Remove-1.39_01 -- Remove files and directories
  * [24]HTML-Copy-1.3 -- copy a HTML file without breaking links.
  * [25]HTML-Template-LZE-0.26
  * [26]HTML-Template-LZE-Editor-0.26
  * [27]HTML-Template-LZE-Main-0.26
  * [28]HTML-Template-LZE-Pages-0.26
  * [29]HTML-Template-LZE-TabWidget-0.26
  * [30]HTML-Template-LZE-Window-0.26 -- html window
  * [31]Locale-Currency-Format-1.24 -- Perl functions for formatting
    monetary values
  * [32]Lyrics-Fetcher-AZLyrics-0.03 -- Get song lyrics from
    www.azlyrics.com
  * [33]Lyrics-Fetcher-AstraWeb-0.31 -- Get song lyrics from
    lyrics.astraweb.com
  * [34]Mail-Builder-1.06 -- Easily create e-mails with attachments, html
    and inline images
  * [35]Mail-Builder-1.07 -- Easily create e-mails with attachments, html
    and inline images
  * [36]Mail-IMAPClient-3.05 -- An IMAP Client API
  * [37]Math-Random-MT-Auto-6.11 -- Auto-seeded Mersenne Twister PRNGs
  * [38]Music-Tag-0.3 -- Module for collecting information about music
    files.
  * [39]Music-Tag-MP3-0.29 -- Plugin module for Music::Tag to get
    information from id3 tags
  * [40]Net-Frame-Tools-1.02 -- useful network utilities created using
    Net::Frame
  * [41]Net-MirrorDir-0.13 -- Perl extension for compare
    local-directories and remote-directories with each other
  * [42]OLE-Storage_Lite-0.16 -- Simple Class for OLE document interface.
  * [43]Ocsinventory-Agent-0.0.8.1
  * [44]POE-Component-Client-Whois-Smart-0.05 -- Provides very quick
    WHOIS queries with smart features.
  * [45]POE-Component-IRC-5.68 -- a fully event-driven IRC client module.
  * [46]POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-YouTube-MovieFindStore-0.02 -- plugin
    for finding, resolving .FLV, and optionally storing YouTube URIs.
  * [47]POE-Component-Server-IRC-1.28 -- A fully event-driven networkable
    IRC server daemon module.
  * [48]POE-Component-WebService-Validator-HTML-W3C-0.06 -- a
    non-blocking POE wrapper around WebService::Validator::HTML::W3C
  * [49]POE-Component-Win32-ChangeNotify-1.10 -- A POE wrapper around
    Win32::ChangeNotify.
  * [50]POE-Component-Win32-ChangeNotify-1.12 -- A POE wrapper around
    Win32::ChangeNotify.
  * [51]POE-Component-Win32-EventLog-1.14 -- A POE component that
    provides non-blocking access to Win32::EventLog.
  * [52]POE-Component-Win32-EventLog-1.16 -- A POE component that
    provides non-blocking access to Win32::EventLog.
  * [53]POE-Component-Win32-Service-1.12 -- A POE component that provides
    non-blocking access to Win32::Service.
  * [54]POE-Component-Win32-Service-1.14 -- A POE component that provides
    non-blocking access to Win32::Service.
  * [55]POE-Filter-Swank-0.01 -- Stream based filter for the Swank
    protocol
  * [56]POEIKC-0.00_04 -- POE IKC daemon and client
  * [57]Path-Abstract-0.080 -- A fast and featureful class for UNIX-style
    path manipulation
  * [58]SimpleConfig-0.01 -- simple config module
  * [59]Sub-Name-0.03 -- (re)name a sub
  * [60]Temperature-Windchill-0.01 -- calculate effective temperature as
  * [61]Text-Markdown-1.0.13 -- Convert MultiMarkdown syntax to (X)HTML
  * [62]TextMate-JumpTo-0.05 -- Tell TextMate to jump to a particular
    file, line
  * [63]Thread-Cancel-1.06 -- Cancel (i.e., kill) threads
  * [64]Thread-Queue-2.05 -- Thread-safe queues
  * [65]Thread-Semaphore-2.06 -- Thread-safe semaphores
  * [66]Thread-Suspend-1.11 -- Suspend and resume operations for threads
  * [67]WWW-PastebinCom-Create-0.001 -- paste to from Perl.
  * [68]Win32-API-0.48 -- Perl Win32 API Import Facility
  * [69]ack-1.77_03 -- grep-like text finder
  * [70]autobox-2.10 -- call methods on builtin types
  * [71]eGuideDog-Dict-Cantonese-0.3 -- an informal Jyutping dictionary.
  * [72]eGuideDog-Dict-Cantonese-0.31 -- an informal Jyutping dictionary.
  * [73]namespace-clean-0.06 -- Keep imports and functions out of your
    namespace
  * [74]sofu-0.2.9
  * [75]threads-1.68 -- Perl interpreter-based threads
  * [76]threads-shared-1.16 -- Perl extension for sharing data structures
    between threads

Discuss this story at:
    http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/20/1530212

Links:
    0. http://search.cpan.org/~smueller/Archive-Rar-1.95
    1. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Bundle-Thread-1.03
    2. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/CGI-LZE-0.26
    3. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/CGI-LZE-Blog-0.26
    4. http://search.cpan.org/~perrad/CORBA-Python-2.62
    5. http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/CPAN-Mini-0.567
    6. http://search.cpan.org/~agrundma/Catalyst-Engine-Apache-1.12
    7. http://search.cpan.org/~naughton/Class-DBI-Loader-Oracle-0.02
    8. http://search.cpan.org/~mgrimes/Class-DBI-Pageset-0.14
    9. http://search.cpan.org/~izut/Common-CLI-0.01
   10. http://search.cpan.org/~mpg/Config-Interactive-0.01
   11. http://search.cpan.org/~ealleniii/Config-Options-0.08
   12. http://search.cpan.org/~turnstep/DBD-Pg-2.1.2
   13. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/DBI-LZE-0.26
   14. http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DashProfiler-1.09
   15. http://search.cpan.org/~dmuey/Data-Paginate-v0.0.5
   16. http://search.cpan.org/~johnd/Data-Properties-YAML-0.01
   17. http://search.cpan.org/~johnd/Data-Properties-YAML-0.02
   18. http://search.cpan.org/~ewilhelm/Date-Piece-v0.0.2
   19. http://search.cpan.org/~johanl/Devel-PerlySense-0.0144
   20. http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-0.05
   21. http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-DBIManager-0.04
   22. http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Fey-Test-0.04
   23. http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/File-Remove-1.39_01
   24. http://search.cpan.org/~tkurita/HTML-Copy-1.3
   25. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-0.26
   26. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Editor-0.26
   27. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Main-0.26
   28. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Pages-0.26
   29. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-TabWidget-0.26
   30. http://search.cpan.org/~lze/HTML-Template-LZE-Window-0.26
   31. http://search.cpan.org/~tnguyen/Locale-Currency-Format-1.24
   32. http://search.cpan.org/~bigpresh/Lyrics-Fetcher-AZLyrics-0.03
   33. http://search.cpan.org/~bigpresh/Lyrics-Fetcher-AstraWeb-0.31
   34. http://search.cpan.org/~maros/Mail-Builder-1.06
   35. http://search.cpan.org/~maros/Mail-Builder-1.07
   36. http://search.cpan.org/~markov/Mail-IMAPClient-3.05
   37. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Math-Random-MT-Auto-6.11
   38. http://search.cpan.org/~ealleniii/Music-Tag-0.3
   39. http://search.cpan.org/~ealleniii/Music-Tag-MP3-0.29
   40. http://search.cpan.org/~gomor/Net-Frame-Tools-1.02
   41. http://search.cpan.org/~knorr/Net-MirrorDir-0.13
   42. http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/OLE-Storage_Lite-0.16
   43. http://search.cpan.org/~goneri/Ocsinventory-Agent-0.0.8.1
   44. http://search.cpan.org/~graykot/POE-Component-Client-Whois-Smart-0.05
   45. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-IRC-5.68
   46. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-YouTube-MovieFindStore-0.02
   47. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Server-IRC-1.28
   48. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/POE-Component-WebService-Validator-HTML-W3C-0.06
   49. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Win32-ChangeNotify-1.10
   50. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Win32-ChangeNotify-1.12
   51. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Win32-EventLog-1.14
   52. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Win32-EventLog-1.16
   53. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Win32-Service-1.12
   54. http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/POE-Component-Win32-Service-1.14
   55. http://search.cpan.org/~avar/POE-Filter-Swank-0.01
   56. http://search.cpan.org/~suzuki/POEIKC-0.00_04
   57. http://search.cpan.org/~rkrimen/Path-Abstract-0.080
   58. http://search.cpan.org/~mpg/SimpleConfig-0.01
   59. http://search.cpan.org/~xmath/Sub-Name-0.03
   60. http://search.cpan.org/~jtrammell/Temperature-Windchill-0.01
   61. http://search.cpan.org/~bobtfish/Text-Markdown-1.0.13
   62. http://search.cpan.org/~andya/TextMate-JumpTo-0.05
   63. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Thread-Cancel-1.06
   64. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Thread-Queue-2.05
   65. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Thread-Semaphore-2.06
   66. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/Thread-Suspend-1.11
   67. http://search.cpan.org/~zoffix/WWW-PastebinCom-Create-0.001
   68. http://search.cpan.org/~cosimo/Win32-API-0.48
   69. http://search.cpan.org/~petdance/ack-1.77_03
   70. http://search.cpan.org/~chocolate/autobox-2.10
   71. http://search.cpan.org/~hgneng/eGuideDog-Dict-Cantonese-0.3
   72. http://search.cpan.org/~hgneng/eGuideDog-Dict-Cantonese-0.31
   73. http://search.cpan.org/~phaylon/namespace-clean-0.06
   74. http://search.cpan.org/~maluku/sofu-0.2.9
   75. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/threads-1.68
   76. http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/threads-shared-1.16



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