Re: Lancaster Consensus, deal with PUREPERL_ONLY=0

[email protected] (Jens Rehsack)
Newsgroups perl.cpan.workers
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 01.06.2014 um 15:03 schrieb David Golden <[email protected]>:

> The only thing specified in the lancaster consensus is what must
> happen if that command-line argument is true.
> 
> I think making a distinction between "0" and undefined will be
> surprising to people and I would recommend against it.

Given this point - how can we give people an instrument to force XS
and fail if it's not available?

> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Jens Rehsack <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I implemented the interpretation of PUREPERL_ONLY in C::AC as:
>> 
>> equals 1 - don't XS (even don't prove)
>> equals 0 - don't PP only (force XS, fail if cannot be proved)
>> undefined - XS/PP depends on prove
>> 
>> Ribasushi hinted to verify my interpretation to ask on ML. So what do others think - how should PUREPERL_ONLY=0 being interpreted?

Cheers
-- 
Jens Rehsack
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