[perl #23754] Possible bug?; keywords for sub idenifier?

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This is a bug report for perl from sr@blz.hmrprint.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.33 running under perl v5.6.1.


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I just wondering, why does Perl allow you to use supposedly reserved words
for a sub (function) identifier?

An example that illustrates this is as follows:

test.pl
----------
   #!/usr/bin/perl

   package test;
   use strict;

   $test::Config = new Test_Config;

   print $test::Config->my;
   print "\n";
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Test_Config.pm
----------
   package RMS_Config;
   use strict;

   sub new {
      my $this = shift;
      my $obj = {
         'TEST1' => 1,
         'TEST2' => 2
      };

      bless $obj, $this;
      return $obj;
   }

   sub my {
      my $this = shift;

      return "test123";
   }

   1;

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Output
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   [SR@SRLNX test]$ perl -W test.cgi
   test123
   [SR@SRLNX test]$
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Why on earth does it allow reserved names to be used as identifiers? I also
works if tried like this:

test_2.pl
----------
   #!/usr/bin/perl

   package test;
   use strict;

   sub my {
      print "f o o\n";
   }
----------

I get no errors nor warnings.

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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=medium
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Site configuration information for perl v5.6.1:

Configured by bhcompile at Mon Apr  1 12:22:19 EST 2002.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.17-0.13smp, archname=i386-linux
    uname='linux daffy.perf.redhat.com 2.4.17-0.13smp #1 smp fri feb 1 10:30:48 est 2002 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Uusethreads -Uuseithreads -Uuselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Di_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=undef usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',
    optimize='-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-109)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    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='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    libc=/lib/libc-2.2.5.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 v5.6.1:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.6.1:
    HOME=/home/SR
    LANG=en_US.iso885915
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/SR/bin:/home/SR:/home/oracle/OraHome1/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [perl #23754] Possible bug?; keywords for sub idenifier? by perlbug-followup
• Re: [perl #23754] Possible bug?; keywords for sub idenifier? by Stan
• RE: [perl #23754] Possible bug?; keywords for sub idenifier? by Brent Dax