Fwd: CPAN Upload: L/LE/LETO/Math-GSL-0.26.tar.gz

[Jonathan "Duke" Leto]

Howdy,

Finally, a normal release!

Thanks to everyone who has helped make Math::GSL!

Duke

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> Howdy,
>
> Finally, a normal release!
>

The use of the Newx() function in the following files means that
Math-GSL-0.26 fails to build on perl-5.8.0:

xs\Chebyshev_wrap.1.11.c
xs\Chebyshev_wrap.1.12.c
xs\Chebyshev_wrap.1.13.c
xs\Chebyshev_wrap.1.14.c
xs\Chebyshev_wrap.1.15.c
xs\Deriv_wrap.1.11.c
xs\Deriv_wrap.1.12.c
xs\Deriv_wrap.1.13.c
xs\Deriv_wrap.1.14.c
xs\Deriv_wrap.1.15.c
xs\Diff_wrap.1.11.c
xs\Diff_wrap.1.12.c
xs\Diff_wrap.1.13.c
xs\Diff_wrap.1.14.c
xs\Diff_wrap.1.15.c
xs\Integration_wrap.1.11.c
xs\Integration_wrap.1.12.c
xs\Integration_wrap.1.13.c
xs\Integration_wrap.1.14.c
xs\Integration_wrap.1.15.c
xs\Min_wrap.1.11.c
xs\Min_wrap.1.12.c
xs\Min_wrap.1.13.c
xs\Min_wrap.1.14.c
xs\Min_wrap.1.15.c
xs\Roots_wrap.1.11.c
xs\Roots_wrap.1.12.c
xs\Roots_wrap.1.13.c
xs\Roots_wrap.1.14.c
xs\Roots_wrap.1.15.c

I just worked around it by replacing 'Newx' with 'New' - and, of course,
providing the additional (unused) integer argument that 'New' requires at
the beginning of its argument list. That way the same file is usable for all
perls, as the later perls still understand New(). I couldn't find any
significant performance hit using New instead of Newx.

Another option would be to instead #include ppport.h.
Not entirely sure of the procedure there. I think you install the latest
Devel::PPPort, then run 'Devel::PPPort::WriteFile();' to create ppport.h.
Then, I think, you distribute that ppport.h with the Math::GSL source, and
have the affected C files '#include "ppport.h"'.

A third option that I can think of is to drop Math::GSL support for 5.8.x -
but it would be a pity to do that given it's not really necessary.

For all other perls, everything went fine.

Cheers,
Rob

[Jonathan "Duke" Leto]

Howdy,

I just made a Github issue to track this:

https://github.com/leto/math--gsl/issues/37

I think using Devel::PPPort is the way to go.

If someone would like to submit a patch/pull request, I will
definitely merge it :)

Duke

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