[perl #117311] [PATCH] B::Deparse with option -l leaves formfeed characters in its output

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B::Deparse -l inserts formfeeds (^L) into its output for input code like this:

perl -MO=Deparse,-l -e'map{ eval(0) }()'

=>
#line 1 "-e"
map {
     #line 1 "-e"
eval 0;} ();
-e syntax OK

as can be seen better when the output is piped to 'less'

-e syntax OK
#line 1 "-e"
map {^L#line 1 "-e"
eval 0;} ();

NB: The formfeed character inserted after the first '{'.
When this output is fed into PPI, PPI does not like it and chokes.

The problem is that B::Deparse::indent() does not expect any "\f" formatting
other than in the first column, and leaves the remaining "\f"s
in the line unprocessed.

I have prepared a patch and a new test case, which I will append
afterwards.

Best wishes, hexcoder (@cpan and perlmonks)
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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl 5.14.2:

Configured by Debian Project at Mon Mar 18 19:16:26 UTC 2013.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 2) configuration:

  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.42-37-generic,
archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
    uname='linux batsu 2.6.42-37-generic #58-ubuntu smp thu jan 24 15:28:10 utc
2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN
-Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr
-Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.14 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.14 -Dvendorprefix=/usr
-Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local
-Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2
-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3
-Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3
-Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs
-Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2
-Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.14.2 -des'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing
-pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2 -g',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.6.3', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.14.2
    gnulibc_version='2.15'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -g -L/usr/local/lib
-fstack-protector'

Locally applied patches:


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@INC for perl 5.14.2:
    /etc/perl
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2
    /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2
    /usr/lib/perl5
    /usr/share/perl5
    /usr/lib/perl/5.14
    /usr/share/perl/5.14
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl 5.14.2:
    HOME=/home/hauptbenutzer
    LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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• [perl #117311] [PATCH] B::Deparse with option -l leaves formfeed characters in its output by heiko . eissfeldt @ hexco . de