Re: perl v5.42 segfault

[James Cook <falsifian%falsifian.org@localhost>]

mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) wrote:
> falsifian%falsifian.org@localhost (James Cook) writes:
> 
> >	perl -E 'for my($x,$y)($a->foo){}'
> 
> 
> This looks like a variant of:
> 
>    https://github.com/perl/perl5/issues/23405
> 
> 
> The issue mentions a fix, but unclear if that can be backported.

Oops, I missed your email. Thanks for finding it.

I am surprised this made it to a released version of perl. It seems quite
easy to trigger: you just need to use the "indexed" function (lexically
imported) in the most natural way imaginable.

Maybe I'll ask #perl on libera.chat for advice about backporting the fix.

-- 
James