Re: [MacPerl-Porters] [PROPOSED PATCHES] lib.pm/lib.t

On Fri, 31 May 2002, Thomas Wegner wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> here are (proposed) patches for lib.t and lib_pm.PL. To apply or not
> to apply, that's the question here :-).
> Do VMS et al. allow native paths in @INC? I don't know, but I hope so.

Apologies for not having seen this earlier (I've been away from this
account).  To answer the question: yes VMS does allow, and in fact a
default Configure -des build puts, mixed directories into @INC.  That said
the VMS native dirs are typically repeats of the /unix/style/ones and are
of little practical use because from C it is possible to fopen() or stat()
a path that is either:

     VMS_STYLE:[PATH.SUBDIR]MODULE.PM

or:

    /unix_style[atj/subdir/module.pm

But it is not possible to stat() or fopen() a file that is:

   MIXED_STYLE:[COMBO]subdir/both.pm

and errors in loading will crop up.

Peter Prymmer