[perl #3471] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, not just scalar variable

On Fri Jul 07 23:34:16 2000, RT_System wrote:
> >And as I different variation, I can't get lvalue subs to work at all:
> 
> >  DB<1> sub lv:lvalue { $x }
> 
> >  DB<2> $x = 3
> 
> >  DB<3> x lv()
> >0  3
> >  DB<4> x lv = 4
> >0  4
> >  DB<5> x $x
> >0  3
> >  DB<6>
> 
> >That's using perl-current.
> 
> It's a debugger issue.  Your code, run stand-alone:
> 
>     #!/usr/bin/perl -l
>     sub lv:lvalue { $x }
>     $x = 3;
>     print lv;
>     lv = 4;
>     print $x;
> 
> Does produce the expected result:
> 
>     3
>     4
> 
> >Have lvalue subs ever worked?
> 
> Yes.

And it works in the debugger in 5.10.1, but not 5.10.0.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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• Re: [ID 20000706.002] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, by M.J.T. Guy
• [ID 20000706.002] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue,not just scalar variable by Dominic Dunlop
• [perl #3471] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, not just scalar variable by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [ID 20000706.002] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, by sthoenna
• Re: [ID 20000706.002] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, by Dominic Dunlop
• Re: [ID 20000706.002] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, not just scalar variable by Jeff Pinyan
• Re: [ID 20000706.002] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, by Tom Christiansen
• [perl #3471] Targeting printf %n format at any lvalue, not just scalar variable by Father Chrysostomos via RT