[perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs

On Wed Jul 17 07:14:53 2013, demerphq wrote:
> I see nothing that deals with something like this: "\0000"
> 
> That is, a string containing an octal null followed by a zero.
> 
> Or similar cases. The pureperl implementation DOES deal with this:
> 
> $ perl -MData::Dumper -e'$Data::Dumper::Useqq=1; print Dumper("\0000")'
> $VAR1 = "\0000";
> 
> Now, I admit I havent *tried* the patch, but I did not see any code to
> look ahead at the *next* character and check if it is an octal digit,
> and if so force "three digit octal" mode.

Slaven's original patch didn't handle this case, I wrote a follow-up
change that tested for and fixed this behaviour.

That said, I need to look at the BBC failure to see what I've broken.

Tony


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• [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by Tony Cook via RT
• Re: [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by demerphq
• [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by Tony Cook via RT
• Re: [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by demerphq
• Re: [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation forxs by Slaven Rezic
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• [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by Tony Cook via RT
• [perl #74798] [PATCH] Data::Dumper: useqq implementation for xs by Tony Cook via RT