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On Thu Aug 09 06:58:20 2001, mjd@plover.com wrote:
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> $x = 'abcd';
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> for (($x =~ /./g) x 2) {
> print chop;
> }
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> This prints "abcd". I expected it to print "abcdabcd". Apparently,
> when I chop the first item in the list, it also chops the fifth item.
> I was not expecting this aliasing to occur, if it is indeed occurring.
Considering that the repetition operator has worked this way for years now:
sub {
print \$_[0], "\n";
print \$_[1], "\n"; # same address
}->(($x) x 2)
__END__
SCALAR(0x7fc02982ef50)
SCALAR(0x7fc02982ef50)
I think we should consider this not-a-bug. Some code could be relying
on it.
(I know this ticket is marked resolved, but it is not fixed, and we
still have a to-do test for it.)
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Father Chrysostomos
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via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: resolved
https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=7505
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