[perl #17099] 'write' on closed filehandle dumps core at end of page

On Mon Sep 09 20:38:29 2002, mjd@plover.com wrote:
> This is a bug report for perl from mjd@plover.com,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.33 running under perl v5.6.1.
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> [Please enter your report here]
> 
> This program dumps core.
> 
>       #!/usr/bin/perl
> 
> 
>       while (1) {
>         write REPORT;
>       }
> 
>       format REPORT_TOP =
>       T
>       .
> 
>       format REPORT =
>       X
>       .
> 
> 


When I run this as: perl -d 17099.pl, I get an indefinite series of
warnings:

write() on unopened filehandle REPORT at 17099.pl line 4.

(perl 5.16.0)

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• [perl #17099] 'write' on closed filehandle dumps core at end of page by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #17099] 'write' on closed filehandle dumps core at end of page by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #17099] 'write' on closed filehandle dumps core at end of page by Father Chrysostomos via RT