[perl #24296] scalars and hashes sometimes not available in quoted evals in END blocks

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This is a bug report for perl from david.dyck@fluke.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.34 running under perl v5.9.0.


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I had a scripting tool that used perl, and recently
discovered that when I eval a single-quoted string q{}
called from an END block the variable is not accessable,
even though it still has a value.

Please notice how the scalar $my_scalar is not "available"
for a short while when called from the END block, but
it should be, as it still exists and has a value.
This case doesn't seem to be covered in perldiag's documentation
for this warning.
 (removing the q allows the code to appear to work, but in
  my case, the string I want to eval is not known until the
  END block is executed, hence the single-quote string)

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

$|=1;
use strict;

my $my_scalar = "my_scalar";

sub showvars
{
    eval q{ print "my_scalar=$my_scalar\n" ;  };
    warn "$@" if length $@;
}

END {
    print "END\n";
    showvars;
    print "my_scalar=$my_scalar\n";
}

showvars;

__END__

my_scalar=my_scalar
END
Variable "$my_scalar" is not available at (eval 2) line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at (eval 2) line 1.
my_scalar=
my_scalar=my_scalar

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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=high
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Site configuration information for perl v5.9.0:

Configured by dcd at Wed Oct 15 06:44:59 PDT 2003.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 9 subversion 0 patch 21452) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.4.23pre1, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux dd 2.4.23pre1 #2 wed aug 27 11:20:37 pdt 2003 i686 '
    config_args='-Dmksymlinks -Dinstallusrbinperl -Uversiononly -Dusedevel -Doptimize=-O3 -g -de -Dcf_email=david.dyck@fluke.com'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O3 -g',
    cppflags='-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='egcs-2.91.66.1 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)', 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, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so.5.4.44, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    DEVEL21398

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@INC for perl v5.9.0:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.9.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.9.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.9.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.9.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.9.0:
    HOME=/home/dcd
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/dcd/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/samba:/home/hobbes/tools/scripts:/home/hobbes/tools/linux:/usr0/hobbes/tools/scripts:/usr0/dcd/bin:/apps/general/bin:/usr/public
    PERL5_CPANPLUS_CONFIG=/home/dcd/.cpanplus/config
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• Re: [perl #24296] scalars and hashes sometimes not available in quoted evals in END blocks by David Dyck
• Re: [perl #24296] scalars and hashes sometimes not available in quoted evals in END blocks by David Dyck
• Re: [perl #24296] scalars and hashes sometimes not available in quoted evals in END blocks by Dave Mitchell
• [perl #24296] scalars and hashes sometimes not available in quoted evals in END blocks by David Dyck
• Re: [perl #24296] scalars and hashes sometimes not available in quoted evals in END blocks by Dave Mitchell