[ID 20000420.005] Version tuples.

This is a bug report for perl from abigail@arena-i.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.28 running under perl v5.6.0.


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Perl 5.6 has now version tuples, allowing use to write things like
v16.17.18.19. However, it seems all you can put after the v are decimal
numbers. Wouldn't it be worthwhile to allow v0x10.0x11.0x12.0x13,
v020.021.022.023, and even v0b10000.0b10001.0b10010.0b10011 as well?

Also, apparently, the compiler recognizes v020.021.022.023 as an
attempt to use octal numbers, and gives an error message saying they
aren't supported, yet it doesn't recognize v0x10.0x11.0x12.0x13 nor
v0b10000.0b10001.0b10010.0b10011 as attempts to use hex or binary
numbers.


Abigail


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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=wishlist
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This perlbug was built using Perl v5.6.0 - Thu Mar 23 19:51:19 EST 2000
It is being executed now by  Perl v5.6.0 - Fri Mar 24 17:24:48 EST 2000.

Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by abigail at Fri Mar 24 17:24:48 EST 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.7, archname=i86pc-solaris-64int
    uname='sunos newyork 5.7 generic_106542-07 i86pc i386 i86pc '
    config_args='-d -Dprefix=/opt/perl -Uinstallusrbinperl -Doptimize=-g -Duse64bitint'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define 
    use64bitint=define use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.95.1 19990816 (release)
    cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -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 long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib '
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lsocket -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lsec
    libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.6.0:
    /home/abigail/Perl
    /home/abigail/Sybase
    /opt/perl/lib/5.6.0/i86pc-solaris-64int
    /opt/perl/lib/5.6.0
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/i86pc-solaris-64int
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.6.0:
    HOME=/home/abigail
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/abigail/Lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/abigail/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/X11/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/Acrobat4/bin:/opt/cvs/bin:/opt/perl/bin
    PERL5LIB=/home/abigail/Perl:/home/abigail/Sybase
    PERLDIR=/opt/perl
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash

• [ID 20000420.005] Version tuples. by abigail