[Expectperl-discuss] timeout handler parameters

[Blackstone, J. D. <jda...@ci...>]

  I'm not exactly sure what parameters a timeout handler gets.  I originally
expected it to get the Expect object as its first parameter, like the other
handlers in an expect().

  A useful workaround is to use a closure for the handler:

my $exp = Expect->spawn(...);
$exp->expect(10,
             [qr/this.*/ => sub { $exp->send($response) } ],
             [timeout => sub { $exp->send($workaround) } ]);

  In this way, it's not necessary to access the parameter list in the
handlers.


  Internally, I'm thinking _multi_expect() could use some reorganization to
call all the handlers in the same way.  Then, timeout handlers could use
exp_continue, receive the Expect object as a parameter, etc.


  Hope I don't sound like I'm complaining; Expect.pm still rocks my world!

jdb