[Bioperl-l] RE: All done with Bio::DB::Query

[Paul Boutros]

Weird, definitely weird.

On the code fragment:
a) the open() isn't executed
b) execution never reaches the eval{} block

But, DB.t still fails with:
1..78
ok 1
'-' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Paul


On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Lincoln Stein wrote:

> H'mm.  Why the h*ll is the open being executed in this code fragment 
> (WebDBSeqI.pm?
> 
>       my $result = $^O !~ /^MSWin/ && eval { open(STREAM,"-|") };
> 
> Could you test this out in a little perl script and tell me whether the open() 
> is still executed?
> 
> Lincoln
> 
> On Monday 02 December 2002 11:43 am, Paul Boutros wrote:
> > Hi Lincoln,
> >
> > Running it like that gives:
> > =======
> > Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
> > =======
> >
> > If I put the print statement in double quotes I get:
> > =======
> > MSWin32
> > =======
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Lincoln Stein wrote:
> > > Hi Paul,
> > >
> > > Send me the output of this command:
> > >
> > > 	perl -e 'print $^O'
> > >
> > > That's an Oh.
> > >
> > > Lincoln
> > >
> > > On Sunday 01 December 2002 06:23 pm, Paul Boutros wrote:
> > > > Hi Lincoln,
> > > >
> > > > Slightly different output, but same basic idea:
> > > > ==================
> > > > C:\Perl\bioperl-live>perl -w t\db.t
> > > > 1..78
> > > > ok 1
> > > > '-' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > > > operable program or batch file.
> > > > ==================
> > > >
> > > > It does *not* give anything after this at all, but just stops here
> > > > without giving results for the rest of the tests as it did previously. 
> > > > This was on the XP system (Perl 5.8.0).
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > Paul
> >
> > <snip previous messages>
> >
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> Lincoln D. Stein                           Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
> lstein@cshl.org			                  Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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