Re: should Dump \@tied trigger tied methods?

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 05:00:12PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 04:24:43PM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> > >>     my @a = (a b c);
> > >>     tie @a, "main";
> > >>     Dump \@a;
> > >>
> > >> Then dump should display the 'a', 'b' and 'c' SVs
> > >>
> > >> If people concur, I'll fix it.
> > >>
> > >
> > > FWIW, I concur. DDS actually uses Object::Deadly to test this kind of
> > > thing. I suspect we should do the same with Devel::Peek.
> > >
> > >
> > HRm, I had a vague recollection that Object::Deadly did ties, but
> > apparently not.  Anyway, the point is still valid. DDS actively tests that
> > it will never call a method during serialization.
> 
> Well in the case of Perl_sv_dump, I think it just needs to directly
> access the raw fields of the AV, rather than using the API, e.g.
> use AvFILLp() rather than av_tindex()

I did this a few weeks ago with v5.25.3-182-g476fafd.

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• should Dump \@tied trigger tied methods? by Dave Mitchell
• Re: should Dump \@tied trigger tied methods? by demerphq
• Re: should Dump \@tied trigger tied methods? by demerphq
• Re: should Dump \@tied trigger tied methods? by Dave Mitchell
• Re: should Dump \@tied trigger tied methods? by Dave Mitchell