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Re: [PATCH] $SIG::UNSAFE

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From:
Gurusamy Sarathy
Date:
February 23, 2003 09:42
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] $SIG::UNSAFE
Message ID:
200302231741.h1NHfuB26494@smtp3.ActiveState.com
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:37:43 +0200, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>> How exactly is it a problem in old perls?  This did not produce
>> any warnings/errors in 5.00503:
>> 
>>     local $SIG{XYZ} = 'foo' if $^V;
>
>Try -w with 5.6.1.  In this discussion "old" is anything pre-5.8.0.

Just a broken condition.  This makes no noises:

     local $SIG{XYZ} = 'foo' if $] > 5.008;


Sarathy
gsar@ActiveState.com

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