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[ID 20000729.007] Inconsistent use of one character `v' strings

From:
abigail
Date:
July 31, 2000 11:14
Subject:
[ID 20000729.007] Inconsistent use of one character `v' strings
Message ID:
20000730064549.26318.qmail@foad.org
This is a bug report for perl from abigail@foad.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.28 running under perl v5.6.0.

To: perlbug@perl.com
Subject: Inconsistent use of one character `v' strings.
Reply-To: abigail@foad.org

This is a bug report for perl from abigail@foad.org
generated with the help of perlbug 1.28 running under perl v5.6.0.


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Consider:

    print v97;            # prints "a"              (OK)
    print v97, v97;       # Syntax error.           (Not OK)
    print v97.97, v97;    # prints "aaa".           (OK)

    print eval "v97";     # prints v97.             (Not OK)
    print eval "v97;";    # prints v97.             (Not OK)
    print eval "v97.97";  # prints "aa".            (OK)

    print v97.v97;        # prints "aa".            (OK)
    print eval "v97.v97"; # prints "v97a".          (Not OK)



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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=medium
---
Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by abigail at Wed Jun 14 21:00:02 EDT 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.2.13, archname=i686-linux-64int
    uname='linux alexandra 2.2.13 #5 tue feb 8 15:37:54 est 2000 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-Dprefix=/opt/perl -d -Uinstallusrbinperl -Doptimize=-g -Dusemorebits'
    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=define usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.95.2 19991024 (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='long double', nvsize=12, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.1.2.so, 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:
    

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@INC for perl v5.6.0:
    /home/abigail/Perl
    /home/abigail/Sybase
    /opt/perl/lib/5.6.0/i686-linux-64int
    /opt/perl/lib/5.6.0
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux-64int
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl
    .

---
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:/opt/perl/bin:/opt/tcl/bin:/opt/tk/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/X11/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/povray/bin:/opt/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu
    PERL5LIB=/home/abigail/Perl:/home/abigail/Sybase
    PERLDIR=/opt/perl
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash
---
Flags:
    category=core
    severity=medium
---
Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by abigail at Wed Jun 14 21:00:02 EDT 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.2.13, archname=i686-linux-64int
    uname='linux alexandra 2.2.13 #5 tue feb 8 15:37:54 est 2000 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-Dprefix=/opt/perl -d -Uinstallusrbinperl -Doptimize=-g -Dusemorebits'
    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=define usesocks=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.95.2 19991024 (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='long double', nvsize=12, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.1.2.so, 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:
    

---
@INC for perl v5.6.0:
    /home/abigail/Perl
    /home/abigail/Sybase
    /opt/perl/lib/5.6.0/i686-linux-64int
    /opt/perl/lib/5.6.0
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux-64int
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.0
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005
    /opt/perl/lib/site_perl
    .

---
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:/opt/perl/bin:/opt/tcl/bin:/opt/tk/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/X11/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/povray/bin:/opt/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu
    PERL5LIB=/home/abigail/Perl:/home/abigail/Sybase
    PERLDIR=/opt/perl
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash




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