> <...segv trace...>
> I also encountered occasionally the "Bizarre copy of ARRAY in aassign at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/Carp/Heavy.pm line 79" error discussed some time before
> on the list.
Both the segv and the 'bizarre copy' are fixed by this Perl 5.6 patch:
==== //depot/perl/cop.h#49 (text) ====
Index: perl/cop.h
--- perl/cop.h.~1~ Thu Jun 8 06:58:03 2000
+++ perl/cop.h Thu Jun 8 06:58:03 2000
@@ -106,13 +106,9 @@
} STMT_END
#endif /* USE_THREADS */
-#ifdef USE_ITHREADS
- /* junk in @_ spells trouble when cloning CVs, so don't leave any */
-# define CLEAR_ARGARRAY() av_clear(cx->blk_sub.argarray)
-#else
-# define CLEAR_ARGARRAY() NOOP
-#endif /* USE_ITHREADS */
-
+/* junk in @_ spells trouble when cloning CVs and in pp_caller(), so
don't
+ * leave any */
+#define CLEAR_ARGARRAY() av_clear(cx->blk_sub.argarray)
#define POPSUB(cx,sv) \
STMT_START { \
==== //depot/perl/t/op/runlevel.t#16 (xtext) ====
Index: perl/t/op/runlevel.t
--- perl/t/op/runlevel.t.~1~ Thu Jun 8 06:58:03 2000
+++ perl/t/op/runlevel.t Thu Jun 8 06:58:03 2000
@@ -349,3 +349,18 @@
bar
B 2
bar
+########
+sub n { 0 }
+sub f { my $x = shift; d(); }
+f(n());
+f();
+
+sub d {
+ my $i = 0; my @a;
+ while (do { { package DB; @a = caller($i++) } } ) {
+ @a = @DB::args;
+ for (@a) { print "$_\n"; $_ = '' }
+ }
+}
+EXPECT
+0
End of Patch.
--
Jeremy Howard
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