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Dana Pet 26. Pro 2014, 05:29:25, tiago.peczenyj@gmail.com reče:
> Hello,
>
> I find one bug on POSIX::strerror on 5.21.7 - it erase the $!
> variable!
>
> I discover this based on this ticket:
>
> https://github.com/Weborama/Riak-Light/issues/18
>
> I try to reproduce the error using the 5.21.7 and I discover one
> strange behavior on POSIX::strerror
>
> IF I do this
>
> < perl code >
> use POSIX qw(ETIMEDOUT strerror);
> $! = ETIMEDOUT;
> my $errmsg = strerror(ETIMEDOUT);
> < / perl code >
>
> after the strerror, the content of $! was totally erased. and it has a
> bad impact on my tests.
>
> Seems the origin of this problem is this change between 5.21.6 and
> 5.21.7
>
> - strerror => 'errno => local $! = $_[0]; "$!"',
> + strerror => 'errno => use locale; local $! = $_[0]; "$!"',
>
> I attach two files:
>
> one is a propose to test this bug. it works for 5.12.2 and fails for
> 5.21.7
>
> another is a more complete test, to show what I am doing.
A possible fix is attached.
Regards,
Slaven
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