Re: Proposed change to "require sys/socket.ph"
Jack Shirazi - BIU (js@bison.lif.icnet.uk)
Wed, 28 Sep 94 19:41:00 BST
> > To ease this problem, I suggest having a file called
> > "www_sys_socket.ph"
> > with one line in it:
> > require "sys/socket.ph";
> >
> > All files require'ing "sys/socket.ph" should instead require
> > "www_sys_socket.ph". This way, if the user needs to roll their own using
> > the c source included in the latest release, he can just overwrite
> > "www_sys_socket.ph" and not have to edit anything else.
> >
> > If we start including other ph files for any reason, I'd suggest
> > this format to be follwed for them as well.
>
> I think I'll go with this suggestion, at least until Perl 5 is out and
> about. The h2x (or h2xh?) program in Perl5 should solve these problems.
>
> What I may do is expand the quick-fix program into something more general,
> or at least include all of the POSIX names in the set.
Actually I liked Martijns idea of just having a sys/socket.ph coming
off the libwww directory. Sort of cute.