[perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat() and -X() operators

On Thu Aug 10 02:48:16 2006, rgarciasuarez@mandriva.com wrote:
> Andrew Dougherty wrote:
> > The following test script (stripped down from t/op/stat.t)
> illustrates the
> > problem.  It currently core dumps at the XXX line while trying to
> warn
> > "lstat() on filehandle %s", GvENAME(gv), and dumps core since gv is
> NULL.
> > I haven't dug deeply enough to decide whether to just beef up the
> warning
> > message (and the corresponding perldiag entry) or whether there's
> some way
> > to make some more useful information available.
> 
> Not seeing an obvious way to get more useful information, I've for now
> plugged the hole by change #28690:
> 
> -                       "lstat() on filehandle %s", GvENAME(gv));
> +                       "lstat() on filehandle %s", gv ? GvENAME(gv) :
> "");
> 

That leaves a double space before ‘at’:

lstat() on filehandle  at -e line 1.

I’ve just fixed that in commit 93fad9301a05.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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• [ID 20020115.001] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat()and -X() operators by Jamie Lokier
• [perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat() and -X() operators by Steve Peters via RT
• [perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat() and -X() operators by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat() and -X() operators by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat()and -X() operators by Andrew Dougherty
• Re: [perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat()and -X() operators by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• [perl #8244] *FILE{IO} does not behave like *FILE for stat() and -X() operators by Father Chrysostomos via RT