Clarify some logic in Makefile.PL

diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index a4bd42e8b3d0a7a452e3967edeea79052e8288c2..cef05b243960677eb4be4031f21aff54c6cd4086 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -23,23 +23,18 @@ if (defined $pl && length $pl) {
  print "none\n";
 }
 
-my $is_as = 0;
+my $as_perl = eval {
+ require ActivePerl;
+ defined &ActivePerl::BUILD ? ActivePerl::BUILD() : undef
+};
+
+my $is_as_822 = 0;
 print "Checking if this is ActiveState Perl 5.8.8 build 822 or higher... ";
-if ($^V eq v5.8.8) {
- eval {
-  require ActivePerl;
-  1;
- } and do {
-  if (defined &ActivePerl::BUILD) {
-   my $build = int ActivePerl::BUILD();
-   if ($build >= 822) {
-    $is_as = 1;
-    push @DEFINES, '-DVMG_COMPAT_ARRAY_PUSH_NOLEN=1';
-   }
-  }
- }
+if ($^V eq v5.8.8 and defined $as_perl and $as_perl >= 822) {
+ $is_as_822 = 1;
+ push @DEFINES, '-DVMG_COMPAT_ARRAY_PUSH_NOLEN=1';
 }
-print $is_as ? "yes\n" : "no\n";
+print $is_as_822 ? "yes\n" : "no\n";
 
 my $is_5110rel = 0;
 print "Checking if this is a released perl 5.11.0 or higher... ";
@@ -56,11 +51,13 @@ print $is_5110rel ? "yes\n" : "no\n";
 # Threads, Windows and 5.8.x don't seem to be best friends
 if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $^V lt v5.9.0) {
  push @DEFINES, '-DVMG_MULTIPLICITY=0';
+ print "Thread safety disabled for perl 5.8.x on Windows.\n"
 }
 
 # Fork emulation got "fixed" in 5.10.1
 if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $^V lt v5.10.1) {
  push @DEFINES, '-DVMG_FORKSAFE=0';
+ print "Fork safety not ensured for perl 5.8.x and 5.10.0 on Windows.\n";
 }
 
 @DEFINES = (DEFINE => join ' ', @DEFINES) if @DEFINES;