[perl #120384] Data::Dumper misbehaving on integer hash keys wrt useqq and quotekeys

On Sat Nov 09 20:17:27 2013, andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de wrote:
> "James E Keenan via RT" <perlbug-followup@perl.org> writes:
> 
> > Would you be able to state what the buggy behaviors are (starting
> > from
> > the most serious)?  That would help focus our study of the problem.
> 
> In my original posting I listed exactly two bugs and I cite the
> posting
> again:
> 
> (1) if useperl=0 and quotekeys=0, then integer hash keys are quoted
> (2) if useperl=1, then integer hash keys are never quoted, ignoring
> the value of quotekeys
> 
> A third bug is that the documentation about quotekeys leaves a lot to
> be
> desired. See original posting for what needs to be clarified at the
> least.

I expect (1) was introduced with the XS Useqq implementation, and that's where the differences between your sample outputs lie.

My initial inclinination would be to make the XS code match the Useperl code, since that's been my preference when making other changes to the original patch (and it reduces BBC reports.)

I suspect fixing (2) would result in a lot of BBC reports, but I think correctness may win over convenience here.

Tony

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• [perl #120384] Data::Dumper misbehaving on integer hash keys wrt useqq and quotekeys by Tony Cook via RT