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From:
Dave Mitchell
Date:
January 29, 2012 13:34
Subject:
Re: [perl #108780] overload::StrVal and qr//
Message ID:
20120129213437.GC2981@iabyn.com
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 01:03:52PM -0800, Father Chrysostomos via RT wrote:
> If I volunteer to write the new fix, do you mind if I apply my fix to
> blead now?  I’ll leave the PL_reginterp_cnt hack in sv_2pv for now and
> simply repeat it in pp_regcomp.  (Removing the hack from sv_2pv has
> enough implications to make my head spin.)

That's ok.
> Is there any chance your incomplete work could be merged to blead?
> 
> After all, it’s already better that what we now have in blead.

I'd prefer not to. We're only 3 weeks away from user-visible changes
freeze, and 2 months away from 5.16-RC0,  so it's highly likely that the
rest of my planned work won't make into 5.16. Which would mean we have a
major release which has two completely different types of user-visible
re_eval behaviour, depending on whether it's code in a literal pattern or
not.  For example:

    /(?{ $x = "}" })/;                # this now works

    $code = q/(?{ $x = "}" })/;
    /$code/;                          # this gives an "unbalanced }" error

Also, I am unclear as to whether the 'use re eval' security mechanism
works 100% correctly in this in-between state; I know it will be secure at
the end when I rip out the PL_reginterp_cnt mechanism, but I haven't
bothered to ensure safety while its in a hybrid state.

-- 
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system
of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the
masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
    -- Dennis, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

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