[perl #129237] overflow/wrap-around in array index

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This is a bug report for perl from l.mai@web.de,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.40 running under perl 5.24.0.


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[Please describe your issue here]

#!perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my @arr = qw(A B C D);

my $index = ~0;

print "index=$index: $arr[$index]\n";
__END__

Output:
index=4294967295: D

Expected output:
Use of uninitialized value $arr[4294967295] in concatenation (.) or string at bug.pl line 9.
index=4294967295: 

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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=low
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Site configuration information for perl 5.24.0:

Configured by mauke at Mon May  9 21:21:33 CEST 2016.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 24 subversion 0) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=4.4.5-1-arch, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux simplicio 4.4.5-1-arch #1 smp preempt thu mar 10 07:54:30 cet 2016 i686 gnulinux '
    config_args=''
    hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2 -flto',
    cppflags='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='6.1.1 20160501', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234, doublekind=3
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12, longdblkind=3
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags ='-fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -flto'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/6.1.1/include-fixed /usr/lib /lib /usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/6.1.1/include-fixed /usr/lib
    libs=-lpthread -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    libc=libc-2.23.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.23'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -flto -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector-strong'


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@INC for perl 5.24.0:
    /home/mauke/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/i686-linux
    /home/mauke/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0
    /home/mauke/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux
    /home/mauke/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0
    .

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Environment for perl 5.24.0:
    HOME=/home/mauke
    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE=en_US
    LC_COLLATE=C
    LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
    LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/mauke/perl5/perlbrew/bin:/home/mauke/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
    PERLBREW_BASHRC_VERSION=0.73
    PERLBREW_HOME=/home/mauke/.perlbrew
    PERLBREW_ROOT=/home/mauke/perl5/perlbrew
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_UNICODE=SAL
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [perl #129237] overflow/wrap-around in array index by l.mai@web.de via RT
• Re: [perl #129237] overflow/wrap-around in array index by Dave Mitchell
• [perl #129237] overflow/wrap-around in array index by James E Keenan via RT
• [perl #129237] overflow/wrap-around in array index by l . mai @ web . de