[perl #75734] filehandle methods interfere with internal implementation details

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This is a bug report for perl from nick@ccl4.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.34 running under perl v5.8.0.


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$  ~/Reference/5.8.0/bin/perl -lwe '$_ = chr 0x2020; print /\W/'
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$  ~/Reference/5.8.0/bin/perl -lwe 'BEGIN {fileno utf8} $_ = chr 0x2020; print /\W/'
Name "main::utf8" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1.
Can't locate object method "SWASHNEW" via package "IO::Handle".


That certainly isn't *documented* behaviour from the regexp engine.

[Still present in blead]

There needs to be a way to call methods on classes that isn't subject to
"filehandles take priority". Otherwise the internals can be tricked,
accidentally or deliberately.

Nicholas Clark

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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl v5.8.0:

Configured by nwc10 at Fri Jan 13 14:56:47 GMT 2006.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=freebsd, osvers=5.4-stable, archname=i386-freebsd
    uname='freebsd colon.colondot.net 5.4-stable freebsd 5.4-stable #3: sat oct 15 10:50:35 bst 2005 mbm@colonii.colondot.net:usrobjusrsrcsyscolon i386 '
    config_args='-Dprefix=~/Reference/5.8.0 -Doptimize=-Os -Uuse64bitint -Uusethreads -Dcc=ccache gcc -Dld=gcc -Ubincompat5005 -Uinstallusrbinperl -Dcf_email=nick@ccl4.org -Dperladmin=nick@ccl4.org -Dinc_version_list=  -Dinc_version_list_init=0 -Uinstallman1dir -Uinstallman3dir -Dmalloctype=void * -Dfreetype=void -de'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=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='ccache gcc', ccflags ='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include',
    optimize='-Os',
    cppflags='-DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728', 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=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags ='-Wl,-E  -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/lib /usr/local/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    perllibs=-lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-DPIC -fPIC', lddlflags='-shared  -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.8.0:
    /export/home/nwc10/Reference/5.8.0/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-freebsd
    /export/home/nwc10/Reference/5.8.0/lib/perl5/5.8.0
    /export/home/nwc10/Reference/5.8.0/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-freebsd
    /export/home/nwc10/Reference/5.8.0/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /export/home/nwc10/Reference/5.8.0/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.8.0:
    HOME=/export/home/nwc10
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/export/home/nwc10/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/export/home/nwc10/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash

• [perl #75734] filehandle methods interfere with internal implementation details by Nicholas Clark
• RE: [perl #75734] filehandle methods interfere with internal implementation details by Jan Dubois