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On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 04:52:26AM -0700, Sergey Aleynikov wrote:
> commit eacbb37937698a035d5ed63fcbdf15dd4eab56cf
> Author: Daniel Dragan <bulk88@hotmail.com>
> Date: Fri Oct 31 03:23:17 2014 -0400
>
> free up CvPADLIST slot for XSUBs for future use
>
> broke Devel::FindRef for perls compiled with -DDEBUGGING with the
> following assertion failure:
>
> perl: FindRef.xs:180: XS_Devel__FindRef_find_: Assertion
> `!(((XPVCV*)({ void *_p = (((CV*)(sv))->sv_any); _p; }))->xcv_flags &
> 0x0008)' failed.
>
> While a patch for Devel::FindRef is quite trivial, I'd like to know,
> are there any plans for CvPADLIST slots in XSUBs? Or isn't this
> assertion obsolete now?
I think Daniel would have to be the one to answer that question,
but in general, freeing up a slot in CV for potential future new uses
seems like a Good Thing, and so the assertion isn't obsolete.
(Since this change was in 5.22.0, I'm removing this ticket from the 5.28
blockers list.)
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