[perl #122757] Bleadperl v5.21.3-521-gcfc7ef1 breaks CHORNY/Hook-LexWrap-0.24.tar.gz

On Fri Sep 12 07:40:07 2014, demerphq wrote:
> On 12 September 2014 07:09, Father Chrysostomos via RT <
> perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu Sep 11 16:45:15 2014, jkeenan wrote:
> > > On Wed Sep 10 20:10:29 2014, andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de
> > > wrote:
> > > > git bisect
> > > > ----------
> > > > commit cfc7ef1544efe7a47158840b7ae10976abeff21b
> > > > Author: Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
> > > > Date:   Mon Sep 8 22:37:46 2014 -0700
> > > >
> > > > Stop barewords from trumping subs with (*) proto
> > > >
> > > > sample fail report
> > > > ------------------
> > > > http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/cf0d975e-3850-11e4-9db3-
> > > > e2a5cc4edbc1
> > > >
> > >
> > > Breakage confirmed at commit 0eb7ca0.
> > >
> > > $ ~/testing/blead/bin/prove -I./lib -vb t/*.t
> > >  t/example1.t ..
> > > 1..2
> > > Not a GLOB reference at /home/jkeenan/.cpan/build/Hook-LexWrap-0.24-
> > > 41H4Bj/blib/lib/Hook/LexWrap.pm line 34.
> > > # Looks like your test exited with 255 before it could output
> > > anything.
> > > Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
> > >  Failed 2/2 subtests
> > > [snip]
> > > t/test.t ...... Can't wrap non-existent subroutine main::1 at t/test.t
> > > line 15.
> >
> > The tests are depending on the ability of the * prototype to override a
> > sub call and change a bareword into a string.
> >
> > If we fix the tests, then these two modules that use it will fail:
> >
> > Acme::ComeFrom
> > RT::Crypt::SMIME
> >
> > I’m not worried about Acme::ComeFrom.  So it looks as though our net
> > breakage is 2 modules.  Hook::LexWrap’s tests need to be fixed and its
> > documentation changed to encourage fat arrows or explicit initial splats.
> > RT::Crypt::SMIME just needs a pair of quotation marks.
> >
> > Considering the small degree of breakage, is it worth going back to the
> > insanity we had before?
> >
> 
> IMO, no, your patch should stay and the modules be fixed.
> 
> Yves

Filed bug ticket for Hook-LexWrap:

https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=99021
-- 
James E Keenan (jkeenan@cpan.org)

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• [perl #122757] Bleadperl v5.21.3-521-gcfc7ef1 breaks CHORNY/Hook-LexWrap-0.24.tar.gz by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #122757] Bleadperl v5.21.3-521-gcfc7ef1 breaks CHORNY/Hook-LexWrap-0.24.tar.gz by James E Keenan via RT