Re: [PATCH] Convert open("-|") to qx{} calls

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 23, 2006, 19:41 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0602232039160.30630@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <863bi9hq6u.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

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> >>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
> 
> Junio> The version of Perl Alex has to use claims to be 5.8, but does
> Junio> not understand open($kid, '-|'), and he is trying to come up
> Junio> with a workaround.
> 
> Ahh, the problem is activestate then.  If that's the case, then amend 
> the code with a check for $^O (operating system) that falls back to a qx 
> if on activestate, and hope that filenames aren't a problem.  
> Unfortunately, I don't know enough about that to fix it.

Now that our local Perl guru joined the discussion, may I ask what is, and what is not quoted when put inside qx{}? I had the impression that all arguments are quoted, except that variables are resolved first. Was that wrong? IOW does

	qx{bash $variable}

quote the value of $variable, or not?

Ciao, Dscho