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| author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-11-18 12:42:45 -0800 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-11-18 14:58:10 -0800 |
| commit | 9c7c165124c94d8ec5e4aae6393b20789ac90c10 (patch) | |
| tree | f6fc40e141e16c0cc0aa08e049cb14b7ec2b7f7b | |
| parent | f6dacdcaaefb1af7d8b6d7da1b87001a562f1902 (diff) | |
| download | perl-9c7c165124c94d8ec5e4aae6393b20789ac90c10.tar.gz | |
perldelta: fix for $DB::sub with bad subname
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 071b20a173..79f680d0e2 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -649,6 +649,16 @@ at run time, but only during compilation of the $string or required file. This makes C<BEGIN { $^H{foo}=7 }> equivalent to C<BEGIN { eval '$^H{foo}=7' }> [perl #70151]. +=item * + +When subroutine calls are intercepted by the debugger, the name of the +subroutine or a reference to it is stored in C<$DB::sub>, for the debugger +to access. In some cases (such as C<$foo = *bar; undef *bar; &$foo>) +C<$DB::sub> would be set to a name that could not be used to find the +subroutine, and so the debugger's attempt to call it would fail. Now the +check to see whether a reference is needed is more robust, so those +problems should not happen anymore [rt.cpan.org #69862]. + =back =head1 Known Problems |