whiteknight/io_cleanup1 branch, ready to merge

[James E Keenan]

On 8/26/12 6:59 PM, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> Thanks for the report about whiteknight/io_cleanup1, rurban. Those
> failures are now fixed in branch.
>
> --Andrew Whitworth

Provided we continue to keep the TODO on test 28 in t/pmc/filehandle.t, 
the whiteknight/io_cleanup1 branch, I believe that branch can be merged 
into master.

I have tested the case where I clone master and then merge io_cleanup1 
branch into it.  It passes the usual 4 ways on Linux/i386, where it also 
passes 'make fulltest'.  And, with the TODO in place, 'make test' PASSes 
on Darwin/PPC.

How does this branch perform on Windows?

Note:  Since this branch has been under development for a long time, 
once it is merged it would be good to have a succinct -- no more than 3 
paragraphs -- post on list as to

* the problems the branch was meant to address

* what problems it did address and how it did address them

* what problems it failed to address

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan