Re: bug in libwww-perl-0.40/wwwdates.pl

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On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Andrew Daviel wrote:

> If anyone apart from me is still using this, I believe there is a bug in
> libwww-perl-0.40/wwwdates.pl line 211
> 
> should read "return (&main'timegm(" not "return (&timegm("

No - it's not that simple. I'll leave the proper resolution to the experts...
except it's obsolete ...

If I don't use timelocal in the main program, then &timegm is required.
If I do use timelocal, then &main'timegm is required.

Methinks it's something in the way "package" has been used in wwwdates
and whether the routine names are local or global. If I understand
timelocal.pl, the subroutine names are global public, but the subroutine
variables are local. wwwdates.pl is written in a different style where
all the routines are private to wwwdates, hence one invokes e.g.
&wwwdates'get_gmtime.  

(In case anyone's wondering why I'm not using LWP5, I need dbmopen to work,
at least so as to convert a lot of databases, and so far haven't had the 
time to figure out why Perl5 for Linux won't work properly for me).

Andrew

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