Re: perl segfaults when parsing script


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Re: perl segfaults when parsing script

by demerphq (Chancellor)

on Jun 27, 2002 at 13:27 UTC ( [id://177703]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to perl segfaults when parsing script

Doesnt seem to affect the AS/Win32 builds....

D:\Development>perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Binary build 633 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.
+com
Built 21:33:05 Jun 17 2002

...

D:\Development>perl -e "chop string;"
Can't modify constant item in chop at -e line 1, near "string;"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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and

E:\>perl58 -v

This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

...

E:\>perl58 -e "chop string"
Can't modify constant item in chop at -e line 1, at EOF
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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