Discussions - perl.perl5.porters

	5.10.1: for-loop scoping discrepancy with local functions (local *Foo = sub {})
	...DESCRIPTION If variable is defined before sub, the $file variable should be seen. It apperas that for-loop somehow alters the scope, although the loop variable is defined before the for-loop. TEST RESULTS The $FILE variable, when assigned is seen in sub. The $file variable, when not in for loop, when assigned is seen in sub.... more » By Jari Aalto - 7:59am - 2 new of 2 messages

Warning "/* within comment" in Win32 config.h-related files

...This is a bug report for perl from k...@volny.cz, generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.11.3. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----- [Please describe your issue here] Hi, I would like to propose a cosmetic fix to some "config.h-related" files in perl core sources mostly regarding Win32 platform.... more »

By kmx - 7:58am - 2 new of 2 messages

	Smoke [5.11.3] v5.11.3-26-g1a64a5e FAIL(XF) openbsd 4.6 (i386/1 cpu)
	Automated smoke report for 5.11.3 patch 1a64a5e6c710ac493fe0339fdf240f 512a934369 v5.11.3-26-g1a64a5e p5openbsd: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 256KB L2 cache) (909 MHz) (i386/1 cpu) on openbsd - 4.6 using cc version 3.3.5 (propolice) smoketime 14 hours 57 minutes (average 1 hour 52 minutes)... more » By Steven Schubiger - 9:20am - 1 new of 1 message

	Smoke [5.11.3] v5.11.3-26-g1a64a5e FAIL(F) openvms V8.3-1H1 (IA64/2 cpu)
	Automated smoke report for 5.11.3 patch 1a64a5e6c710ac493fe0339fdf240f 512a934369 v5.11.3-26-g1a64a5e ALMA: HP rx2600 (1.50GHz/6.0MB) (IA64/2 cpu) on openvms - V8.3-1H1 using ? CC/DECC version 70390018 smoketime 5 hours 17 minutes (average 2 hours 38 minutes) Summary: FAIL(F) O = OK F = Failure(s), extended report at the bottom... more » By "Craig A. Berry" - 2:25am - 1 new of 1 message

PATCH: minor typo cleanup of pod/ directory

These are all in the pod/ directory, and only the first is a code fix. There was also a single lingering ISO 8859-1 encoding that missed the UTF-8 upconvert. The rest are cleanups for typos, some of which seem to have been around for a rather long time: spelling errors, incorrect possessives, and extra, missing, or duplicated words.... more »

By Tom Christiansen - Jan 4 - 2 new of 2 messages

	CGI.pm: t/http.t failure
	...Please see <[link]>. If a new CGI.pm is not included in 5.12, could we at least fix or delete this test script? Use of uninitialized value $category in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/bin/perlbug5.11.3 line 645. Use of uninitialized value $severity in concatenation (.) or string... more » By Father Chrysostomos - Jan 3 - 1 new of 1 message

	Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::FIRST KEY(undef) segfaults
	...Hi, perl5.10.1 -e '//;Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::F IRSTKEY(undef)' segfaults. regards, By Bjoern Hoehrmann - Jan 3 - 3 new of 3 messages

	cpan(1) bad prerequisite handling from command line
	...This rt.perl.org ticket exists to track rt.cpan.org #53305 for core distribution purposes. [link] Original problem: using CPAN 1.945301, from a nearly-fresh 5.11.3 core installation, a module installation via the cpan(1) command line will delay following dependencies and will install a thereby-broken module that... more » By Zefram - Jan 4 - 1 new of 1 message

	perlguts: B::Generate already works
	By Reini Urban - Jan 4 - 2 new of 2 messages

	perlguts: mutli-threaded typo
	By Reini Urban - Jan 4 - 2 new of 2 messages