From: Michael G. Schwern Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 00:07:12 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Deprecating chdir(undef)/chdir('') X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35ae6b54cb5a8d6a9ce74c7f818c7d62df4ac621;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Deprecating chdir(undef)/chdir('') Message-ID: <20010923000712.A7005@blackrider> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@12203 --- diff --git a/pod/perl572delta.pod b/pod/perl572delta.pod index 6b0a644..bfe44c4 100644 --- a/pod/perl572delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl572delta.pod @@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ deprecated. Its semantics were never that clear and its implementation even less so. If you have used that feature to disallow all but fully qualified variables, C instead. +The chdir(undef) and chdir('') behaviors to match chdir() has been +deprecated. In future versions, chdir(undef) and chdir('') will +simply fail. + =head1 Core Enhancements In general a lot of fixing has happened in the area of Perl's diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index c0fff95..7408d2f 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -3853,6 +3853,16 @@ if you wish to use an empty line as the terminator of the here-document. (D deprecated) You are now encouraged to use the shorter *glob{IO} form to access the filehandle slot within a typeglob. +=item Use of chdir('') or chdir(undef) as chdir() deprecated + +(D deprecated) chdir() with no arguments is documented to change to +$ENV{HOME} or $ENV{LOGDIR}. chdir(undef) and chdir('') share this +behavior, but that has been deprecated. In future versions they +will simply fail. + +Be careful to check that what you pass to chdir() is defined and not +blank, else you might find yourself in your home directory. + =item Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated (D deprecated) It makes a lot of work for the compiler when you clobber diff --git a/pp_sys.c b/pp_sys.c index 40273ce..0abf357 100644 --- a/pp_sys.c +++ b/pp_sys.c @@ -3375,23 +3375,28 @@ PP(pp_chdir) SV **svp; STRLEN n_a; - if (MAXARG < 1) { - if (((svp = hv_fetch(GvHVn(PL_envgv), "HOME", 4, FALSE)) - || (svp = hv_fetch(GvHVn(PL_envgv), "LOGDIR", 6, FALSE)) + if( MAXARG == 1 ) + tmps = POPpx; + else + tmps = 0; + + if( !tmps || !*tmps ) { + if ( (svp = hv_fetch(GvHVn(PL_envgv), "HOME", 4, FALSE)) + || (svp = hv_fetch(GvHVn(PL_envgv), "LOGDIR", 6, FALSE)) #ifdef VMS - || (svp = hv_fetch(GvHVn(PL_envgv), "SYS$LOGIN", 9, FALSE)) + || (svp = hv_fetch(GvHVn(PL_envgv), "SYS$LOGIN", 9, FALSE)) #endif - ) && SvPOK(*svp)) - { - tmps = SvPV(*svp, n_a); - } - else { + ) + { + if( MAXARG == 1 ) + deprecate("chdir('') or chdir(undef) as chdir()"); + tmps = SvPV(*svp, n_a); + } + else { PUSHi(0); RETURN; } } - else - tmps = POPpx; TAINT_PROPER("chdir"); PUSHi( PerlDir_chdir(tmps) >= 0 ); diff --git a/t/op/chdir.t b/t/op/chdir.t index b44cd6f..23ac735 100644 --- a/t/op/chdir.t +++ b/t/op/chdir.t @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +#!./perl -w + BEGIN { # We're not going to chdir() into 't' because we don't know if # chdir() works! Instead, we'll hedge our bets and put both @@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ BEGIN { require "test.pl"; plan(tests => 25); +my $IsVMS = $^O eq 'VMS'; + # Might be a little early in the testing process to start using these, # but I can't think of a way to write this test without them. use File::Spec::Functions qw(:DEFAULT splitdir rel2abs); @@ -18,57 +22,77 @@ sub abs_path { rel2abs(curdir); } -my $cwd = abs_path; +my $Cwd = abs_path; # Let's get to a known position SKIP: { skip("Already in t/", 2) if (splitdir(abs_path))[-1] eq 't'; ok( chdir('t'), 'chdir("t")'); - is( abs_path, catdir($cwd, 't'), ' abs_path() agrees' ); + is( abs_path, catdir($Cwd, 't'), ' abs_path() agrees' ); } -$cwd = abs_path; +$Cwd = abs_path; # The environment variables chdir() pays attention to. my @magic_envs = qw(HOME LOGDIR SYS$LOGIN); -foreach my $key (@magic_envs) { - # We're going to be using undefs a lot here. - no warnings 'uninitialized'; +sub check_env { + my($key) = @_; - delete @ENV{@magic_envs}; - local $ENV{$key} = catdir $cwd, 'op'; - # Make sure $ENV{'SYS$LOGIN'} is only honored on VMS. - if( $key eq 'SYS$LOGIN' && $^O ne 'VMS' ) { - ok( !chdir(), "chdir() on $^O ignores only \$ENV{$key} set" ); - is( abs_path, $cwd, ' abs_path() did not change' ); - ok( 1, " no need to chdir back on $^O" ); + if( $key eq 'SYS$LOGIN' && !$IsVMS ) { + ok( !chdir(), "chdir() on $^O ignores only \$ENV{$key} set" ); + is( abs_path, $Cwd, ' abs_path() did not change' ); + pass( " no need to chdir back on $^O" ); } else { ok( chdir(), "chdir() w/ only \$ENV{$key} set" ); is( abs_path, $ENV{$key}, ' abs_path() agrees' ); - chdir($cwd); - is( abs_path, $cwd, ' and back again' ); - } + chdir($Cwd); + is( abs_path, $Cwd, ' and back again' ); + + my $warning = ''; + local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { $warning .= join '', @_ }; + - # Bug had chdir(undef) being the same as chdir() - ok( !chdir(undef), "chdir(undef) w/ only \$ENV{$key} set" ); - is( abs_path, $cwd, ' abs_path() agrees' ); + # Check the deprecated chdir(undef) feature. +#line 60 + ok( chdir(undef), "chdir(undef) w/ only \$ENV{$key} set" ); + is( abs_path, $ENV{$key}, ' abs_path() agrees' ); + is( $warning, <