[perl #129916] CV symbol table optimization only works in main::

On Wed Oct 19 07:20:42 2016, mauke- wrote:
> Here's the merge I'm talking about:
> http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/f9d9e965
> 
> Also listed in perl5220delta:
> 
> Subroutines in packages no longer need to be stored in typeglobs:
> declaring a subroutine will now put a simple sub reference directly in
> the stash if possible, saving memory.
> 
> This works fine for the main script:
> 
> $ perl -wE 'sub foo { 42 } say $main::{foo}'
> CODE(0xa06f668)
> 
> But not in other packages:
> 
> $ perl -wE 'package Other; sub foo { 42 } say $Other::{foo}'
> *Other::foo
> 
> I.e. this optimization doesn't apply to modules, which is where most
> subroutines come from.

Here's a patch that adds a TODO test for now.

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• [perl #129916] CV symbol table optimization only works in main:: by l.mai@web.de via RT
• [perl #129916] CV symbol table optimization only works in main:: by l.mai@web.de via RT
• [perl #129916] CV symbol table optimization only works in main:: by l . mai @ web . de