File_SmartNL(3)

NAME

       Docs::Site_SVD::File_SmartNL - translates any combination of CR and NL
       to the site \nl

Title Page

        Software Version Description

        for

        Docs::Site_SVD::File_SmartNL - translates any combination of CR and NL to the site \nl

        Revision: D

        Version: 0.05

        Date: 2004/05/13

        Prepared for: General Public

        Prepared by:  SoftwareDiamonds.com E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

        Copyright: copyright  2003 Software Diamonds

        Classification: NONE

1.0 SCOPE

       This paragraph identifies and provides an overview of the released
       files.

       1.1 Identification

       This release, identified in 3.2, is a collection of Perl modules that
       extend the capabilities of the Perl language.

       1.2 System overview

       Different operating systems have different sequences for new-lines.
       Historically when computers where first being born, one of the main-
       stays was the teletype.  The teletype understood ASCII.  The teletype
       was an automated typewriter that would perform a carriage return when
       it received an ASCII Carriage Return (CR), \015,  character and a new
       line when it received a Line Feed (LF), \012 character.

       After some time came Unix. Unix had a tty driver that had a raw mode
       that sent data unprocessed to a teletype and a cooked mode that per-
       formed all kinds of translations and manipulations. Unix stored data
       internally using a single NL character at the ends of lines. The tty
       driver in the cooked mode would translate the NL character to a CR,LF
       sequence.  When driving a teletype, the physicall action of performing
       a carriage return took some time. By always putting the CR before the
       LF, the teletype would actually still be performing a carriage return
       when it received the LF and started a line feed.

       After some time came DOS. Since the tty driver is actually one of the
       largest peices of code for UNIX and DOS needed to run in very cramp
       space, the DOS designers decided, that instead of writing a tailored
       down tty driver, they would stored a CR,LF in the internal memory. Data
       internally would be either 'text' data or 'binary' data.

       Needless to say, after many years and many operating systems about
       every conceivable method of storing new lines may be found amoung the
       various operating systems.  This greatly complicates moving files from
       one operating system to another operating system.

       The smart NL methods in this package are designed to take any combina-
       tion of CR and NL and translate it into the special NL seqeunce used on
       the site operating system. Thus, by using these methods, the messy
       problem of moving files between operating systems is mostly hidden in
       these methods.  The one thing not hidden is that the methods need to
       know if the data is 'text' data or 'binary' data. Normally, the assume
       the data is 'text' and are overriden by setting the 'binary' option.

       Note that Perl 5.6 introduced a built-in smart nl functionality as an
       IO discipline :crlf.  See Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Chris-
       tiansen and Jon Orwant, page 754, Chapter 29: Functions, open function.
       For Perl 5.6 or above, the :crlf IO discipline may be preferable over
       the smart_nl method of this package.  However, when moving code from
       one operating system to another system, there will be target operating
       systems for the near and probable far future that have not upgraded to
       Perl 5.6.

       1.3 Document overview.

       This document releases File::SmartNL version 0.05 providing a descrip-
       tion of the inventory, installation instructions and other information
       necessary to utilize and track this release.

3.0 VERSION DESCRIPTION

All file specifications in this SVD use the Unix operating system file
specification.

3.1 Inventory of materials released.

This document releases the file

File-SmartNL-0.05.tar.gz

found at the following repository(s):

http://www.softwarediamonds/packages/
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/S/SO/SOFTDIA/

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3.2 Inventory of software contents

The content of the released, compressed, archieve file, consists of the
following files:

file version date comment
------------------------------------------------------------ ------- ---------- ------------------------
lib/Docs/Site_SVD/File_SmartNL.pm 0.05 2004/05/13 revised 0.04
MANIFEST 0.05 2004/05/13 generated, replaces 0.04
Makefile.PL 0.05 2004/05/13 generated, replaces 0.04
README 0.05 2004/05/13 generated, replaces 0.04
lib/File/SmartNL.pm 1.16 2004/05/13 revised 1.14
t/File/SmartNL.d 0.01 2004/05/03 unchanged
t/File/SmartNL.pm 0.01 2004/05/03 unchanged
t/File/SmartNL.t 0.11 2004/05/13 revised 0.1
t/File/File/Package.pm 1.17 2004/05/13 revised 1.16
t/File/Test/Tech.pm 1.25 2004/05/13 revised 1.22
t/File/Data/Secs2.pm 1.23 2004/05/13 revised 1.19
t/File/Data/SecsPack.pm 0.08 2004/05/13 revised 0.04
t/File/Data/Startup.pm 0.06 2004/05/13 revised 0.04

3.3 Changes

Changes are as follows:

Test-TestUtil-0.01
Originated

Test-TestUtil-0.02
Correct failure from Josts Smokehouse" <Jost.Krieger+smoke-
back@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> test run

t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil....Bareword "fspec_dirs" not allowed while
"strict subs" in use at

/net/sunu991/disc1/.cpanplus/5.8.0/build/Test-TestUtil-0.01/blib/lib/Test/TestUtil.pm line 56.

Changed line 56 from

my @dirs = (fspec_dirs) ? $from_package->splitdir( $fspec_dirs ) : ();

my @dirs = ($fspec_dirs) ? $from_package->splitdir( $fspec_dirs ) : ();

This error is troublesome since the test passed on my system using
Active Perl under Microsoft NT. It should never have passed. This
error is in a core method, fspec2fspec, that changes file specifi-
cations from one operating system to another operating system.
This method has been in service unchanged for some time.

Test-TestUtil-0.03
Correct failure from Josts Smokehouse" <Jost.Krieger+smoke-
back@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> test run

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/perl/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Com-
mand::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')"
t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil.t t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil....# Test 18
got: '$VAR1 = ''; ' (t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil.t at line 540 fail
#17) # Expected: '$VAR1 = '\\=head1 Title Page

The pm2datah method is not returning any data for Test 18. This
will also cause the test of pm2data, test 19 to fail. The pm2datah
is searching for the string "\n__DATA__\n".

The "\n" character on Perl is a logical end of line character
sequence. The "\n" end of line is different on Mr. Smokehouse's
Unix operating system than on my Windows NT operating system. The
test file was created under MSWin32 and uses a MSWin32 "\n". Under
UNIX, pm2datah method will look for the Unix "\n" and there will
not be any.

Changed "\n__DATA__\n" to /[\012\015]__DATA__/.

During the clean-up for CPAN, broke the format_hash_table method
for tables in hash of hash format. Fixed the break, added test 29
to the t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil.t test script for this feature, and
added a discusssion of this feature in POD discription for for-
mat_hash_table

Test-TestUtil-0.04
item our old friend visits again - DOS and UNIX text file incompat-
ibility

This impacts other modules. We have to examine all modules for this
portability defect and correct any found defects.

Correct failure from Josts Smokehouse" <Jost.Krieger+smoke-
back@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> and Kingpin <mthurn@carbon> test runs.

On Mr. Smokehouse's run email the got: VAR1 clearly showed extra
white space line that is not present in the expected: VAR1. In Mr.
Kingpin's run the got: VAR1 and expected: VAR1 look visually the
same. However, the Unix found a difference(s) and failed the test.

For Mr. Smokehouse's run:

PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM"
"-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/Test/TestU-
til/TestUtil.t t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil....NOK 18# Test 18 got:
'$VAR1 = '\\=head1 Title Page

Software Version Description

for

Docs::Site_SVD::File_SmartNL - translates any combination of CR and NL to the site \nl

Revision: D

[snip]

(t/Test/TestUtil/TestUtil.t at line 565 fail #17) # Expected:
'$VAR1 = '\\=head1 Title Page

Software Version Description

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Docs::Site_SVD::File_SmartNL - translates any combination of CR and NL to the site \nl

What we have before, was a totally "failure to communicate." aka
Cool Hand Luke. VAR1 was empty. Now VAR1 has something. It is not
completely dead. One probable cause is the Unix operating system
must be producing two Unix \012 new lines for a Microsoft single
newline \015\012. Without being able to examine the test with a
debugger, the only way to verify this is to provide the fix and see
if the problem goes away when this great group of testers try for
the fourth time.

Revised fin method to take a handle, change pm2datah method handle,
$fh, to binary by adding a binmode $fh statement, and pass the
actual thru the fin method for test 18.

Use fin($fh) to read in the data for pm2data, test 19 Unit Under
Test (UUT), instead of using the raw file handle.

The fin method takes any \015\012 combination and changes it into
the logical Perl new line, "\n", for the current operating system.

File-FileUtil-0.01
* At 02:44 AM 6/14/2003 +0200, Max Maischein wrote: A second
thing that I would like you to reconsider is the naming of
"Test::TestUtil" respectively "Test::Tech" - neither of those
is descriptive of what the routines actually do or what the
module implements. I would recommend renaming them to something
closer to your other modules, maybe "Test::SVDMaker::Util" and
"Test::SVDMaker::Tech", as some routines do not seem to be spe-
cific to the Test::-suite but rather general (format_array_ta-
ble). Some parts (the "scrub" routines) might even better live
in another module namespace, "Test::Util::ScrubData" or some-
thing like that.

Broke away all the file related methods from Test::TestUtil and
created this module File::FileUtil so the module name is more
descriptive of the methods within the module.

* Broke the smart nl code out of the fin method and made it is
own separate method, smart_nl method.

At 02:44 AM 6/14/2003 +0200, Max Maischein wrote: Perl, as Perl
already does smart newline handling, (even though with the
advent of 5.8 even Unix-people have to learn the word "binmode"
now :-))

The only place where I see Perl does smart newline handling is
the crlf IO displine introduce in Perl 5.6. The File::FileUtil
has a use 5.001 so that 5.6 Perl built-ins cannot be used.
Added comment to smart_nl that for users with 5.6 Perl that it
may be better to use the built-in crlf IO discipline.

* For the load_package method that uses a eval "require $package"
to load the package, the $@ does not capture all the warnings
and error messages, at least not with ActiveState Perl. Added
code the captures also the warnings, by temporaily reassigning
$SIG(__WARN__), and added these to the $@ error messages.

* Added two new tests to verify the NOGO paths for the for the
load_package method. One tests for load module failure looking
for all the possilbe information on why the module did not
load. The other verifies that the vocabulary is present after
the loading the module. This information is very helpful when
you must remote debug a load failure from CPAN testing whose is
running on a different platform.

File:-FileUtil-0.02
Added the method hex_dump.

File-FileUtil-0.03
test_lib2inc
Returns to parent directory of the first t directory going up
from the test script instead of the t directory.

find_t_roots
Added the function find_t_roots that returns the parent direc-
tory of all the directories in @INC

File-SmartNL-0.01
Removed the methods for addressing the different CR LF combinations
for NL between operating systems
from the "File::FileUtil" module to their own module
"File::SmartNL" module. The module name is now much more descrip-
tive of the routines in the module.

File-SmartNL-0.02
Removed the dump_hex method. This was a quite diagnostic. If need
to permanently dump_hex, use the "Data::HexDump" or the "Data::Hex-
dumper" module.

File-SmartNL-0.03
Change the test so that test support program modules resides in
distribution directory tlib directory instead of the lib directory.
Because they are no longer in the lib directory, test support files
will not be installed as a pre-condition for the test of this mod-
ule. The test of this module will precede immediately. The test
support files in the tlib directory will vanish after the install-
tion.

File-SmartNL-0.04
The lastest build of Test::STDmaker expects the test library in the
same directory as the test script. Coordiated with the lastest
Test::STDmaker by moving the test library from tlib to t/File, the
same directory as the test script and deleting the test library
File::TestPath program module.

Added better option support by using the "Data::Startup" program
module.

Added a subroutine interface.

File-SmartNL-0.05
Better test for a file handle. Do not close a file handle.

Changed "$options-"warn>, function, to "$options-"{warn}>, a value.

3.4 Adaptation data.

This installation requires that the installation site has the Perl pro-
gramming language installed. There are no other additional require-
ments or tailoring needed of configurations files, adaptation data or
other software needed for this installation particular to any installa-
tion site.

3.5 Related documents.

There are no related documents needed for the installation and test of
this release.

3.6 Installation instructions.

Instructions for installation, installation tests and installation sup-
port are as follows:

Installation Instructions.
To installed the release file, use the CPAN module pr PPM module in
the Perl release or the INSTALL.PL script at the following web
site:

http://packages.SoftwareDiamonds.com

Follow the instructions for the the chosen installation software.

If all else fails, the file may be manually installed. Enter one
of the following repositories in a web browser:

http://www.softwarediamonds/packages/
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/S/SO/SOFTDIA/

Right click on 'File-SmartNL-0.05.tar.gz' and download to a tempo-
rary installation directory. Enter the following where $make is
'nmake' for microsoft windows; otherwise 'make'.

gunzip File-SmartNL-0.05.tar.gz
tar -xf File-SmartNL-0.05.tar
perl Makefile.PL
$make test
$make install

On Microsoft operating system, nmake, tar, and gunzip must be in
the exeuction path. If tar and gunzip are not install, download and
install unxutils from

http://packages.softwarediamonds.com

Prerequistes.
None.

Security, privacy, or safety precautions.
None.

Installation Tests.
Most Perl installation software will run the following test
script(s) as part of the installation:

t/File/SmartNL.t

Installation support.
If there are installation problems or questions with the installa-
tion contact

603 882-0846 E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

3.7 Possible problems and known errors

There is still much work needed to ensure the quality of this module as
follows:

o State the functional requirements for each method including not
only the GO paths but also what to expect for the NOGO paths

o All the tests are GO path tests. Should add NOGO tests.

o Add the requirements addressed as # R: comment to the tests

4.0 NOTES

       The following are useful acronyms:

       .d  extension for a Perl demo script file

       .pm extension for a Perl Library Module

       .t  extension for a Perl test script file

       POD Plain Old Documentation

2.0 SEE ALSO

       File::SmartNL
       Docs::US_DOD::SVD

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