[perl #48248] perl thread Segmentation fault

On Thu Dec 06 06:15:50 2007, jdhedden@cpan.org wrote:
> Vikulin Vitaly reported:
> >
> > perl Segmentation fault.
> >
> > test:
> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >
> > use strict;
> > use threads;
> >
> > use utf8;
> > use encoding "utf8", STDIN => "utf8", STDOUT => "utf8";
> >
> > threads->create(sub {});
> >
> > while( 1 ) {
> >   sleep 1;
> > }
> >
> > execute:
> > ./test.pl
> > Segmentation fault
> 
> This is a known problem with the Encode module: It is not
> thread safe.  I will file this as a bug against the Encode
> module.
> 
> Change 32146 to blead added the following to the KNOWN
> PROBLEMS section of the 'encoding' POD:
> 
>     Thread safety
>         "use encoding ..." is not thread-safe (i.e., do not
>         use in threaded applications).
> 

Given that the encoding module is deprecated in Perl 5.18, what should we do with this ticket?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan


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