Howto: Perl Quests

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Originally Posted by Liem

This panic happens too on Win32 with ActivePerl-5.8.1.807-MSWin32-x86 but install IO::Scalar doesn't work

I've tested under Windows XP with both 5.6 and 5.8 dists, including the package you listed. I don't really know why Perl is dieing like that, or why it is bringing down the whole process, since it is pretty much always wrapped inside @eval blocks. At any rate, if you are positive that you are setup correctly, then step through the embperl constructor and see where it is puking on you.

Since I don't really understand why it is dying in this fashion (and there is scarce documentation avaliable on top_env: panic), I can't say for certain that the error is in the constructor. Nor can I say that it is related to IO::Scalar or any other module. Still, it seems like the best place to start. If you have trouble debugging, you might note that embperl is not dependent upon eqemu - you can write a simple standalone app to test it by including embperl.h and linking against embperl.o and perl58.lib

Thank you for posting your perl version. That tells me a lot about your situation right off the bat. If you post another response, though, please be much more specific about your error.... Was it a panic: top_env like the others? At what point did the error occur? What do you get when you type:

perl -MIO::Scalar -e "print 'AOK'"

from a command prompt? What OS are you on? etc...