Disable $[ under 5.16

This adds the array_base feature to feature.pm

Perl_feature_is_enabled has been modified to use PL_curcop, rather
than PL_hintgv, so it can work with run-time hints as well.
(PL_curcop holds the current state op at run time, and &PL_compiling
at compile time, so it works for both.)  The hints in $^H are not
stored in the same place at compile time and run time, so the FEATURE_IS_ENABLED macro has been modified to check first whether
PL_curop == &PL_compiling.

Since array_base is on by default with no hint for it in %^H, it is
a ‘negative’ feature, whose entry in %^H turns it off.  feature.pm
has been modified to support such negative features.  The new FEATURE_IS_ENABLED_d can check whether such default features
are enabled.

This does make things less efficient, as every version declaration
now loads feature.pm to disable all features (including turning off
array_base, which entails adding an entry to %^H) before loading the
new bundle.  I have plans to make this more efficient.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mg.c b/mg.c
index c55ca63a58..3432dfe5c4 100644
--- a/mg.c
+++ b/mg.c
@@ -2749,6 +2749,10 @@ Perl_magic_set(pTHX_ SV *sv, MAGIC *mg)
 	    PL_ors_sv = NULL;
 	}
 	break;
+    case '[':
+	if (SvIV(sv) != 0)
+	    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Assigning non-zero to $[ is no longer possible");
+	break;
     case '?':
 #ifdef COMPLEX_STATUS
 	if (PL_localizing == 2) {