| Subject: | Problems with arguments to run_forked() |
Hi,
1/ The COMMAND argument taken by run() can be either a scalar or an
arrayref. Without indication of the contrary I assume that it is the
same for run_forked().
However, if I run run_forked() with an arrayref as argument, I get an
error on stderr:
Invalid command reference: ARRAY
I would consider this a bug and fix run_forked() so that it takes a
COMMAND as scalar or arrayref, just like run().
2/ The interface to run_forked() does not follow the same conventions as
the one for run(). Could the run_forked() interface by changed to match
more closely the interface of run()?
From:
$hashref = run_forked( COMMAND, { child_stdin => SCALAR, timeout =>
DIGIT, stdout_handler => CODEREF, stderr_handler => CODEREF} );
to:
($ok, $err_msg, $merged, $stdout, $stderr, $timeout) = run_forked(
command => COMMAND, child_stdin => SCALAR, timeout => DIGIT,
stdout_handler => CODEREF, stderr_handler => CODEREF );
3/ Finally, an simple example in the synopsis would go a long way to
help people use run_forked().
Cheers,
Florent