[ID 20000306.007] Can't locate object method"SWASHNEW" via package "utf8"

This is a bug report for perl from dcd@tc.fluke.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.27 running under perl v5.6.0.


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in perlop.pod the tr command is document as
                   tr/\0-\x{FF}//UC;           # change Unicode to Latin-1

perl -e 'tr/\0-\x{FF}//UC'
Can't locate object method "SWASHNEW" via package "utf8" at -e line 1.

  A workaround is to use utf8, but that is not documented
  in the pod

perl -Mutf8 -e 'tr/\0-\x{FF}//UC'


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Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by dcd at Mon Mar  6 08:55:02 PST 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.3.49, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux dd 2.3.49 #1 thu mar 2 17:22:09 pst 2000 i686 '
    config_args='-Doptimize=-g -de -Dcf_email=dcd@tc.fluke.com'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define 
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.7.2.3
    cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=4
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so.5.4.44, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    v5.6.0-RC1

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@INC for perl v5.6.0:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.6.0:
    HOME=/home/dcd
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/dcd/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/samba:/home/hobbes/tools/scripts:/home/hobbes/tools/linux:/usr0/hobbes/tools/scripts:/usr0/dcd/bin:/apps/general/bin:/usr/public
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [ID 20000306.007] Can't locate object method"SWASHNEW" via package "utf8" by David Dyck