[tapx-dev] IO::String dependency

[Eric Wilhelm]

# from Ovid
# on Wednesday 29 August 2007 01:33 am:

>--- Eric Wilhelm <scratchcomputing at gmail.com> wrote:
>> # from Andy Armstrong
>>
>> # on Tuesday 28 August 2007 02:05 am:
>> >On 28 Aug 2007, at 08:18, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
>> >> It doesn't look like the smoker is trying to satisfy the
>> >> dependencies.
>> >>
>> >> My 5.5.3 works fine.
>> >
>> >Yes but IO::String is non-core, no? The smoker doesn't attempt to
>> >install anything.
>>
>> Yes it is non-core.  So is Test::More.
>
>Test::More is part of Test::Simple which was shipped in core with 5.6
>(or thereabouts).  So it is core, but was not core prior to 5.6.  It
>was a deliberate exception to the "non-core" rule because it's so
>ubiquitous and we had to be able to test things.

Oh well, IO::String doesn't seem to allow me to reopen STDOUT anyway, so 
I guess I'll just fix the tie thing and put it in t/lib.

--Eric
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