backtick_count - Compilation problem

Stefan Tilkov stefan.tilkov at innoq.com
Tue May 4 15:47:48 EDT 2004


> 
> That's very interesting. My only guess is that Perl 5.8.4 is
> stricter about variables having been declared when used within /e
> regexen.
> 
> Most of my testing and development is under Perl 5.8.1 (stock OS X
> Panther build, so it's really 5.8.1 RC3) and Perl 5.8.3 on my web
> server. I don't have Perl 5.8.4 anywhere.
> 
> Did you replace Mac OS X's stock perl with your build of 5.8.4? If
> not, can you try running Markdown.pl using that perl?
> 

Unfortunately, I did replace my default installation, so I can no longer 
test it on the same machine. 
On another box, which still has 5.8.1-RC3 (as it comes with Panther) 
everything works.

> Where did you put the my declaration? Like this?
> 
>     my $text = shift;
>     my $backtick_count; # <----------------------NEW
> 

Yes.

Best,
Stefan
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