[log4perl-devel] Log::Log4perl Patch for perl 5.005_03

[Mike S. <m...@pe...>]

Hi all,

I can't believe I'm doing this -- but I today I thought: Why not do something totally crazy? 

So, I sat down and changed a couple of files in Log::Log4perl to run with 5.005_03. It was easier
than I thought at first.

Eric pointed out correctly that the modules we're using are indeed supported for perl 5.005_03
(Log::Dispatch, Test::Simple, etc.). All that I needed to change is replace "our" by "use vars", get
rid of "use warnings" and change calls like 

    $self->{$which}($self, ...)

to 

    $self->{$which}->($self, ...)

(which is probably the right thing to do anyway) and, boom, test suite passes.

Can you two 5.005_03 enthusiasts (Eric and asc) please try out the patch attached to this email?
Should be as easy as grabbing the latest Log::Log4perl 0.24 and do

    cd Log-Log4perl-0.24
    patch -p0 <../patch.500503.txt

Please let me know if it works for you ... and then we'll have to decide if we can work against our
beliefs and make Log::Log4perl compatible with 5.005_03 :).

-- Mike

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