[perl #119957] %CORE:: not filled with builtins

On Mon Sep 23 01:32:35 2013, mauke- wrote:
> 
> This is a bug report for perl from l.mai@web.de,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.1.
> 
> 
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> [Please describe your issue here]
> 
> % perl -wE 'my $x = "lc"; say *{"CORE::$x"}{CODE}->("ASDF")'
> asdf
> 
> % perl -wE 'my $x = "lc"; say *{$CORE::{$x}}{CODE}->("ASDF")'
> Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at -e line 1.
> 
> I can access builtins as CORE::foo, even at runtime using symbolic
>    references.
> But $CORE::{foo} doesn't work because %CORE:: is (almost) empty.
> 
> Wouldn't it make sense to support access via %CORE:: too?

For efficiency, perl does not bother creating all built-in variables at
startup.  You will also find $::{'$'} empty.  Coresubs do the same thing.

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Father Chrysostomos


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