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Re: [perl #39358] sort with custom subname and prototype ($$)segfaults intermittently

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From:
Karl Williamson
Date:
August 10, 2016 18:28
Subject:
Re: [perl #39358] sort with custom subname and prototype ($$)segfaults intermittently
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cab1b62e-dc44-c60e-d4c2-af10f8f945e4@khwilliamson.com
On 08/10/2016 11:48 AM, Karl Williamson wrote:
> On 08/10/2016 09:36 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 02:39:49PM -0700, Father Chrysostomos via RT
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu Jun 08 21:23:40 2006, johnh@isi.edu wrote:
>>>> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>>>>
>>>> @scores = (
>>>>   '0000.0000.00039:0000.0008.0031.',
>>>>   '0000.0000.00032:0000.0008.0024.',
>>>>   '0002.0002.00033:0002.0011.0020.',
>>>>   '0028.0028.00190:0077.0085.0028.');
>>>>
>>>> @match_indices = (0,1,2,3);
>>>> sub sort_by_index($$) {
>>>>     my($A,$B) = @_;
>>>>     return $scores[$match_indices[$A]] cmp
>>>>    $scores[$match_indices[$B]];
>>>> }
>>>> @match_indices = sort sort_by_index @match_indices;
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> This gives me:
>>> Bizarre copy of UNKNOWN in aelem at - line 12.
>>> in commit 42bd538f820268331bc55a66fa9df0673de69250
>>>
>>> d963bf01c4c4db296760b1148f98bf668efcaf58, three commits later (the
>>> intervening commits affecting only documentation), gives
>>> Use of uninitialized value $match_indices[2] in array element at -
>>> line 12.
>>> Use of uninitialized value $match_indices[2] in array element at -
>>> line 12.
>>> Use of uninitialized value $match_indices[0] in array element at -
>>> line 12.
>>>
>>> but I can’t see how it fixes it.
>>
>> Fixed now in blead by the following. The issue was as the bit below about
>> mergesort leaving random pointers lying about.
>>
>> commit 84721d614eb7d9835d9a09505b0001c7be40a865
>> Author:     David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>
>> AuthorDate: Wed Aug 10 15:12:56 2016 +0100
>> Commit:     David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>
>
>
> blead is failing to compile for me unless I revert this, with the message:
>
> pp_sort.c: In function ‘OP* Perl_pp_sort(PerlInterpreter*)’:
> pp_sort.c:1599:26: error: invalid conversion from ‘OP* {aka op*}’ to
> ‘char’ [-fpermissive]
>      copytmps = PL_sortcop;
>
>
>
>
>

It does compile with some options.  Attached is a diff with, the options 
it works with marked by '<', and those it doesn't, by '>'

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