[ID 20001223.001] [bug? 5.6.0] \G in split pattern

This is a bug report for perl from hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.28 running under perl v5.6.0.

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Not sure if this is a bug, but I thought it worth mentioning for
consideration.

crypt% ./perl -wle 'print join "*", split /\G(an|.)/, shift' banana 
*b*anana
crypt% 

I had hoped it would print something like "*b**an**an**a*". Result
is the same under bleadperl.

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Flags:
    ack=no
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl v5.6.0:

Configured by hv at Thu Mar 23 11:41:17 GMT 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.2.5-16, archname=i686-linux-64int
    uname='linux crypt.compulink.co.uk 2.2.5-16 #1 sun may 30 23:00:18 bst 1999 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-g -O6 -Dprefix=/opt/perl-5.6.0.64bit -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 -O6', gccversion=egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
    cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing'
    ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -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=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.1.1.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:
    /opt/perl-5.6.0.64bit/lib/5.6.0/i686-linux-64int
    /opt/perl-5.6.0.64bit/lib/5.6.0
    /opt/perl-5.6.0.64bit/lib/site_perl/5.6.0/i686-linux-64int
    /opt/perl-5.6.0.64bit/lib/site_perl/5.6.0
    /opt/perl-5.6.0.64bit/lib/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.6.0:
    HOME=/home/hv
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/hv/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [ID 20001223.001] [bug? 5.6.0] \G in split pattern by Hugo
• [perl #5004] [bug? 5.6.0] \G in split pattern by Alexandr Ciornii via RT