Ugly bandaid to stop C<package;> from segfaulting (remember to

remove this later). Based on a patch from Robert Spier in
<15330.61459.14452.795263@rls.cx>.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@12827

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index 2da1291e41..74c3450180 100644
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -3004,8 +3004,15 @@ Perl_sv_2pv_flags(pTHX_ register SV *sv, STRLEN *lp, I32 flags)
 		default:	s = "UNKNOWN";			break;
 		}
 		tsv = NEWSV(0,0);
-		if (SvOBJECT(sv))
-		    Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ tsv, "%s=%s", HvNAME(SvSTASH(sv)), s);
+		if (SvOBJECT(sv)) {
+                    HV *svs = SvSTASH(sv);
+		    Perl_sv_setpvf(
+                        aTHX_ tsv, "%s=%s",
+                        /* [20011101.072] This bandaid for C<package;>
+                           should eventually be removed. AMS 20011103 */
+                        (svs ? HvNAME(svs) : "<none>"), s
+                    );
+                }
 		else
 		    sv_setpv(tsv, s);
 		Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ tsv, "(0x%"UVxf")", PTR2UV(sv));
@@ -6942,8 +6949,12 @@ Returns a string describing what the SV is a reference to.
 char *
 Perl_sv_reftype(pTHX_ SV *sv, int ob)
 {
-    if (ob && SvOBJECT(sv))
-	return HvNAME(SvSTASH(sv));
+    if (ob && SvOBJECT(sv)) {
+        HV *svs = SvSTASH(sv);
+        /* [20011101.072] This bandaid for C<package;> should eventually
+           be removed. AMS 20011103 */
+        return (svs ? HvNAME(svs) : "<none>");
+    }
     else {
 	switch (SvTYPE(sv)) {
 	case SVt_NULL: