Bare scalar value returned instead of a reference to an object derived from the Net::LDAP::Message class

[Sylvie Saleur]

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Hi,

	I work in the Middleware group at Cal State University, Northridge. 
We extensively use the Net::LDAP library. As I was developing an 
application, I noticed a behavior which looks like a bug.

	Here are the details...
The search method (*) of the Net::LDAP class returns a bare scalar 
instead of a reference to an object derived from the 
Net::LDAP::Message class when the error code is 81 (LDAP_SERVER_DOWN).

I looked at the source code of the perl-ldap-0.30 release 
(perl-ldap-0.30/lib/Net/LDAP.pm).

The _sendmesg method (which is called by the search method and many 
other methods (*)) returns a bare LDAP_SERVER_DOWN scalar when the 
connection has been dropped.

I'd rather see there a "return _error($ldap, $mesg, LDAP_SERVER_DOWN, 
$@)"

I haven't, though, looked into the details of what the _error 
subroutine does.

Sincerely,

Sylvie Saleur
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(*) I've logged this unexpected return value in the case of the search 
method; seems other LDAP methods could also could return such a bare 
scalar.