[perl #74022] Parser hangs on some Unicode numbers and symbols in identifiers

On Sun May 02 17:46:08 2010, sprout wrote:
> 
> On Apr 27, 2010, at 6:56 PM, karl williamson wrote:
> 
> > To summarize, I propose that we use Unicode's XID_Start and  
> > XID_Continue properties in 5.14, even though that breaks one of our  
> > tests, and possibly existing code.
> 
> Would we change the meanings of is_utf8_idcont and is_utf8_idfirst, or  
> introduce new functions?
> 
> In anticipation of this change, I’ve attached a patch that corrects  
> the test in utf8.t to use ¡ instead of ·. I’ve also moved the test  
> outside of the eval, so it will still run (and fail) if the  
> compilation fails, instead of causing an invalid test count.

I’ve applied this test patch (but not the fix for the original bug
reported) as 7b301413cce02b9a948a0e223b4f6a6c0112f1c1.

• [perl #74022] Parser hangs on some Unicode numbers and symbols in identifiers by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #74022] Parser hangs on some Unicode numbers and symbolsin identifiers by karl williamson