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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | t/op/pos.t | 30 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 2ac48b9196..176b02cc7d 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -5604,7 +5604,9 @@ X<pos> X<match, position> Returns the offset of where the last C<m//g> search left off for the variable in question (L<C<$_>|perlvar/$_> is used when the variable is not -specified). Note that 0 is a valid match offset. +specified). This offset is in characters unless the +(no-longer-recommended) L<C<use bytes>|bytes> pragma is in effect, in +which case the offset is in bytes. Note that 0 is a valid match offset. L<C<undef>|/undef EXPR> indicates that the search position is reset (usually due to match failure, but can also be because no match has yet been run on the scalar). diff --git a/t/op/pos.t b/t/op/pos.t index 1e3ce33aa1..0bc997e855 100644 --- a/t/op/pos.t +++ b/t/op/pos.t @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BEGIN { require './test.pl'; } -plan tests => 29; +plan tests => 33; $x='banana'; $x=~/.a/g; @@ -131,3 +131,31 @@ for my $one(pos $x) { 'no assertion failure when getting pos clobbers ref with undef'; } } + +{ + # RT # 127518 + my $x = "\N{U+10000}abc"; + my %expected = ( + chars => { length => 4, pos => 2 }, + bytes => { length => 7, pos => 5 }, + ); + my %observed; + $observed{chars}{length} = length($x); + $x =~ m/a/g; + $observed{chars}{pos} = pos($x); + + { + use bytes; + $observed{bytes}{length} = length($x); + $observed{bytes}{pos} = pos($x); + } + + is( $observed{chars}{length}, $expected{chars}{length}, + "Got expected length in chars"); + is( $observed{chars}{pos}, $expected{chars}{pos}, + "Got expected pos in chars"); + is( $observed{bytes}{length}, $expected{bytes}{length}, + "Got expected length in bytes"); + is( $observed{bytes}{pos}, $expected{bytes}{pos}, + "Got expected pos in bytes"); +} |