AnyEvent not working in Windows 2000

Marc Lehmann schmorp at schmorp.de
Wed Nov 14 08:42:02 CET 2012


On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 03:38:42PM -0300, Javier Marcon <javiermarcon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello I installed Net::RabbitFoot (that uses AnyEvent) on Windows 2000
> (with a Strawberyperl installation) and it doesn't work, it gives this

First, don't use strawberry perl, it's the most broken perl distribution
for windows, and AnyEvent can't fix it for you. It will not work
reliably. Use cygwin perl or activestate perl instead.

> Can't use string ("") as a subroutine ref while "strict refs" in use at C:/straw
> berry/perl/site/lib/Coro/AnyEvent.pm line 147.

That line is a documentation line since roughly 2009 or so - make sure
you have something resembling a recent version of Coro, or at least an
official release.

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