Hi,
I suggest always taking a glance at the documentation that comes with
the module. Most of that should be in the perldoc, so for Class::Date
you can run "perldoc Class::Date". Sometimes it is useful also to look
in the source directory at the README and INSTALL files and examples if
any. I paged through the perldoc Class::Date and found several
interesting pieces of information near the end. It shows how to turn
off warnings about the missing XS part and some other interesting info
including where to get a binary version for Win32 -- see below. There
should be no problem installing the module from sources since it will be
installed in a way that does not conflict with any other modules, and
loading its lib will only add uniquely identified functions to the
runtime perl process so they won't be mistaken for or overlap with
anything else. Note also that there is a special mail group dedicated
to Date::Calc and the author has provided his email address. If you're
really concerned about the Date::Calc installation messing things up,
you can make a backup copy of /usr/lib/perl5/ beforehand for later
regression if desired.
-tristram
WORKING WITHOUT A C COMPILER
...
You can use the $WARNINGS switch to switch off the complains about the
missing XS part from your perl program:
BEGIN { $Class::Date::WARNINGS=0; }
use Class::Date;
...
SPEED ISSUES
...
In general, if you really need fast date and datetime calculation,
don't
use this module. As you see in the previous section, the focus of
development is not the speed in 1.0. For fast date and datetime
calculations, use Date::Calc module instead.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
* I cannot manage to get the timezone code working properly on
ActivePerl 5.8.0 on win XP and earlier versions possibly have
this
problem also....
SUPPORT
Class::Date is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
If you have questions, you can send it to the Class::Date mailing
list:
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WIN32 notes
You can get a binary win32 version of Class::Date from Chris
Winters'
.ppd repository with the following commands...
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